INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS. 
j|~^HE favourable reception which the firft fpecimens of 
JL this publication met with, was a powerful induce- 
ment to perfevere in the endeavour of executing the future 
Engravings in a ftile worthy of the flattering notice beftowed 
on the former : and the countenance and attention where- 
with the departments of Antiquities and Natural Hiftory 
were honoured, by Men of Tafte and Science, made the ftudies 
that lead to the illuftration of thefe feveral fubjedls be cul- 
tivated with an ardour, which only fuch approbation could 
have infpired. 
The grandeur and beauty of many fcenes, wherewith we 
are prefented amid the Caledonian wilds ; and the rude " 
magnificence of the cliffs on her bold and rocky fhores; pro- 
mifed a feries of romantic Landscape, defervingof notice and 
defcription: and the Ruins of ancient Buildings, which ap- 
pear among them in forlorn decay, fuggefted variety of inte- 
tefting reflection to the attentive Traveller : ’twas of impor- 
tance, therefore, to accompany thefe Engravings with fome 
Hiftory of the Ruins, and Annals of the parts of the Country 
to which the Plates refer. 
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