OBELISK at GOLSPIE. 
on the ha^ the feat of the family of Sutherland, beautifully fituated 
<° be fee„ W il th ' ^ ° f «« oppofrte » Met-neJ,; "here are 
The village of r :he moft ru mptuous of thefe ancient Caledonian monuments, 
foon as Chriftianlt ^ ^ ^ m '* es U P the Firth from Dunrolin Cafile \ and 
^ere was a chanef ° b . taxned a f °° Un S in thefe parts, as the religion of the country, 
Scotland • and np ^ Ullc at Goj/pie, dedicated to St. Andrew, the tutelar faint of 
other carved mon" ^ Sr ° U ,' ld ° n whi - ch the cha P el ftood > amid th e remains of 
rated , andaZr S T, “ °” e °" whkh the fi S ures are b „t little obli.e- 
P cntation of them is given in the annexed plate. 
ftands a poll or nolp ^ 0n tbe r 'ght, holds a crofs in his one hand, and before it 
fefemblincr an k arner “ w ^ xt: him and a ferocious animal, fomething 
imply that the crof r i^k u- ^ emb * ems ’ and the attitude, would feem to 
all tlLir f ury a tenet wh” h n though attacked by wild beads in 
the fir ft preTchers of ri ‘ ch would be a natural fuggeftion from the doftrine of 
Pointi ngTo7"rthth '"I, Th “ in the other hand holds a knife, 
Portance in which the canf S f if™ ablllty a falmon > alluding to the early im- 
becaufe the monument f fT ^ held ' Here ic is P e -liarl y applicable, 
Sutherland in which t 1 'r f u™ *! ° nC ° f the moft S ently § lidin g rivers in 
P-m to fp^rn a ^e foo rn'f r /i/* ^ ** m ^ This ™ would 
worthy of his care thin Te f , x? fymb ° Uzed by the head of. a deer, as lefs 
the remarks liven ! th f £ Fr ° m the hiero S Iy P hic over him (admitting 
import of that ftran”e firmlTr'" ^ aVe validit y fufficient to eftablifb the 
great renown ; andfLohl wT^ ‘rj T' r5rmboli ~ a l of writing, imply his 
mory, wilhed him to 1* n- \ 311 ec ^ tb,s mon timent to be erefted to his me- 
the vifionary exploits of IhTn /hl kf * remarkable in th e annals of Fame, than 
Ported them to be -—for tl • mghtS ° f the ° rd ? r ° f the Ele P hant had re- 
hiftorical anecdotes* wrnl tv narraUon ^ concerning this order, along with other 
'he countries is ° h u TT ^ “mmunicatfons be,„i« 
held in high eftimatlon. ' “ 0l,bted; and *e infigma of knighthood, of courfc, 
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