RUTH E'EN CASTLE. 
F remnn l ''" uh ' a mol1: m “i ell ic ami lofty mountain, which overlooks the 
and pleafani- 0 ,-^ ° T \ Au & u ft tts > aC the head of Lochnefs , there is a moil romantic 
that hasem-ir-l \ t!ie valle y s which form the banks of the Spey, a river 
country cm h U ', Waters fome of the moft b «utiful farms that a highland 
Carava-more c l" <Xu ,/V^- f ° me miIeS frorn Coriarkh > tumbles through 
niiles, through flat The ValIe y of Rough-fords,” it then glides gently, for fome 
at “ Ah loch tt m ^ dowy g rounds J and fpreads the whole width of the valley 
e agles br'eed o T^vvT u" “ ?**'**• the Black ^ Large hawks and 
of immenfehei ^ °! thatrock; for the P reci P ices towards the river are 
times gather hSl' f? *naccefflbl e ,_the fltepberd boys, however, fome- 
from the , 0 D !' t h a " ,'T °" ,hc >' oim « bMs . b t Spending one another 
the nelts are buht Th' “u ^venturer down to the (helves oh which 
Follow e ’ ^ bafket, he is drawn op again. 
opens a profoea T A ^ Aa P l0M "" »«*-*«*. one 
picturefque a d loftv * charnpa, 8 n le '' cl country, dill bounded however by 
farms oVLTJf Z This plain contains feme of the mod fertile 
Pilmain is on o,J % t belon g ,n g to the Duke of Gordon. The Inn of 
Applied with every ariT ^1 f a ™. m ° ft extenflve Lrms, and is therefore plentifully 
«mm odations . ' * defirabl " to travellers > and is fitted up with the beft ac- 
j ^ iti5 ™' , -«^^tfeZ hr i,nportancc t0 HisHand .' 
extenfiv^oc^yi^^e'U'T ° f th *}™’ nQt tWo mi!es diflant - The ruins, are 
rifes ^ a pecuLlv d-T A° % area °/ the t0p ° f 3 Wge circular mounr, which 
founds it ; it i s on all fid^ ^ manner fr ° m the levc l field that fur, 
dee P trench has bee * S nea ! ec * ua y keep, and about thirty yards high. A 
hiu • this ^ ^ k - 
court oTbuildLgt ^ ‘ ^ ram P art is conftruded, enclofing 
deemed a mod fu i tabled tu at bTfof th ° f m ° Unt muft have raade it to be 
t “ ai °" - of POwe“' rly Vge! Tefjhlh f ' ‘ ^ ^ 
/ S > wnen tneir iafety and peace in a great 
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