tutes enclofures of rock — amphitheatres of folitude, in which one feems to enter 
into^the fublime of retirement, and complete feclufion from the world. 
A road is efFefting round the brow of the mountain which rifes from Craggan 
tower, and feparates Glcn-quoich from the valley where Mar Lodge is fituated, which 
is to wind through a large diffcri<£t of thefe wilds, and will yield a ride amidit fine 
affemblages of unufual lcenery. On afcending this mountain to its fummit (which 
is, however, a work of labour) one obtains a molt extenfive view of thefe Alpine 
regions. It is grand and elevating to behold the vaft range of mountains that are 
fpread around, majeftic, wild, and defolate ; the trees of other ages adding hoary 
greatnefs to the tops of the rocks 3 the clouds in mifty wreaths, mingling amid the 
dreadful {hades of their gigantic brows, frowning under regions of fnow, and 
where vegetation is for ever denied. — On the other hand, the Dee, with many a 
ferpentine turn, gliding through the rich and extenfive valley of Dale-more— that 
fpacious plain, encircled with the deeper verdure of the waving forefts, and 
crowded groves, which {hade the winding banks of the river — together with the 
neat hunting-feat, which Lord Fife has adorned with fo much tafte— charm and 
refrefli the eye, amidft the boundlefs profpedt of uncultivated hills. 
