A larger fpread of level ground than is ufual in the other windings of the vallef. 
rid into a bank, pretty high above *e level of the rivulet, and top * -gk 
fine expofure to the mid-day fun-and .he rotmnttc beauty of an aojacen. len, 
pours its ftream into the Fitdicb there-had determined the fttuMtot. of the 
ings. of which a view is given in the plate. . J e <j 
This hunting-feat, although a - lowly dwelling in the wildernefs, and fee ^ 
- from the world” yet has ample accommodations, elegant enough , and b 
at times a chofen refidence of the Family from Gordon Castle, The ® flf 
ful Tartan, with fuperior beauty, revifits its native scenes; and the frein 
its folds enlivens the thickets of the hill. . 
To leave the entertainments of the palace, and the gay feenes ox feftlV * L T ollS 
convivial fplendor ; and to woo tranquillity in the (hades of a vaft and ^ 
feene of majeftic landfcape, is a tranfmon in life, to minds of fuperior f 
oft-times the moft eligible and pleafing. ^ ^ 
Young minds, particularly, receive from the contemplation of the great 
of Creation a fource of the moft exalted pleasures ; thence fancy hecomes e j 
with images that rouze and expand its powers of combination, and is 
with images uuu. r- . . . o0 euj" 
with a higher relifh for that fublime of conception to which defcriptn P ^ 
and the beft landfcape paintings, owe their principal charm. ^To e 
aftonilhed with the roaring cafcade, and indulge the folemn enthufiaim na m. 
dous rocks, and caverns, and thickets, infpirej and to mark the (well ot tn ^ 
and filent wonder that paint the dawning beauties of rje heart that g o 
admiration, is one ot the mott lacieci ciimwuuuuiw ... , r „ va lb aD 
tion can indulge. In thefe, fenfxbilities are feen unfolding, on which every ^ 
impreffion may be made, that is requiftte to conftitute intnnfic excellence 
rafter, or maintain true dignity of mind. ... he fe, ^ 
The angels of more elevated fpeculation delight in retirement . n t ^ 
mind perceives its intelleftual glories dawn. An awful and inftruftive gen > 
time immemorial, has hallowed the (hade of each fequeftered fohtary feen- 
