£ L A I N S CASTLE, 
* 1 1 ^ ^eat of the family of Errol, is moft romantically fituated on the verge of 
al moft Vaft P rec ipi ces > which overhang the northern ocean. It would feem 
it j las ^ nnece flary to particularize the lite of thefe fo well-known buildings ; but 
CCn demanded of the author of t-lipfp t-n Vprv difftn/*}* and 
a Ccilr demanded of the author of thefe ftridtures to be very diftinct and 
prefe ! n Pertaining the counties, and divifion of them, where the fcenes re~ 
e m thefe plates are to be found ; becaufe otherwife the traveller is apt 
to 
s fome diftridt unexplored, that fliould have engaged his attention. 
confident portion of Aberdeen-Jhirc is called Buchan ; and a huge pro - 
^° rr nin& r> W ^' C ^ ^ onns t ^ ie ea ftmoft point of Scotland, and projects into the lea, 
Th e ^ ^ le ^ 0l, th boundary of the bay of Peterhead, is called The Ruchan-nefs. 
its f pa VkI1 Pierhead is well known to mariners, for the protection and fafety 
di nar - 10us harbour affords j and is in repute for the reftoration it gives to valetu- 
abl e v - tlSj by tbe purity of the air, in its peninfulated fituation, and the remark- 
If tues attributed to its mineral lprings. 
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int 0 1Vl ^ 1C Ruehan-nefs, fouthward, there runs a vaft range of lofty cliffs, formed 
have bl " 1 ° te ^ ue pyramids and arches, and excavated into fpacious caverns; which 
JPoft 1 r . Cat] y been alluded to in the account of Dun-by, N" 3, which is one of the 
Plate a -l e ^i c °f thefe remarkable rocks : the cliffs and caftle reprefented by the 
are a djacent. 
and t)^ 77 " ^ ains Caftle flood fome miles further fouth, on a bleaker promontory ; 
old f 0 rums of one large tower are yet remaining, in rude forlorn greatnefs. The 
thi s rtre ®“ s > or caflcllated houfes, of noble families were, about the beginning of 
dati 0)1 Ur ^ folinquifhed for more convenient dwellings and ampler accommo- 
° f buildi thC titlC ° f Slaim Cafik was therefore transferred to the prefent court 
^ in S s > when the former ceafed to be the chief refidence of the family. 
Cav er ^° n ® t be cliffs between the caftles, and opening to the fea, there is a vafl 
It ; s j Vv bich penetrates far under ground ; its innermofl receffes yet unexplored, 
^terfi- * n common " The Dropping Cave ft from the continual exudations of 
a Hog f rom the roc h s above. 
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