FIND LATER CASTLE. 
B ^ E[ E fhores in general, along the coafts of the Moray Firth , are bold, rocky, 
an d precipitous : thofe that lie betwixt the rivers Dovron and Spey are pecu- 
. ar y f° — in many places excavated into caverns, arches, and fubterraneous vaults i 
ot; hers, formed into lofty pyramids and infulated columns. 
h'\^ e ^ ea< ^ anc i> which forms on the eaft the bay of Cullen, prefents an exceedingly 
§ a nd fpacious cliff to the ocean : it is fmooth, perpendicular, and ftretches to 
f e Va ^ exten b along a level beach of mouldering fhells, which lie betwixt it and the 
On climbing through the openings among the adjacent rocks, and gaining 
s to the beach of fhells, one not only finds charming entertainment in ex- 
f ee min § thefe exuviae of fhell-fifh, numerous as the fands on the fhore ; but it 
ro 1115 a corn pl ete exclufion from the world, that with the fublime of the fur- 
. ln § fcenery, and the boundlefs extent of ocean that meets the oppofite horizon, 
a Jj 1Ves 0ne to enjoy the luxury of contemplative folitude in all its native tranquillity 
§ r andeur. 
ru ^’ t ^ n half an hour’s walk to the eaft lie the remains of FindlaterCaJlle . — Thefe 
^all C ° Ver t he top of a peninfulated rock of a confiderable extent. The outer 
■vy- ^ evera l parts of the building are fo founded on the cliffs as to correfpond 
fea ^ aCe t ^ ie P rec ipi ce J fo that the principal tower feems to hang over the 
tyav atl< ^ ftom the windows of feveral apartments a pebble may be dropt into the 
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t0 the originally irregular furface of the rock, which in many places rifes 
inner * eve * i nterme diate fpaces, fome of the lower rooms have their 
t rac en< E °f the folid ftone; on feveral of which the plaiftering ftill remains, with 
too f S P a ’ nt ‘ n g on it. In the plate fome large vaulted arches may be obferved, 
Hi c ^ aC!0US ^ 0r h^ng any remains of windows; thefe are the ends of the apartments, 
fp a 1 a1 ^ were vaulted, and confift of the hewn unbuilt rock. There is a large 
adi at t ^ e to P °f thefe vaults now, where one may walk about, and furvey the 
ioful eUt P'^ftefqne fnores, without any apprehenfions from the precipitous and 
ti Ve ate< ^ htuation : fo broad are the foundations of the Caftle, of which a perfpec- 
< V] ew cannot convey a fufficient idea. No one, however, can well refledt on 
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