C ^SCJDE of GLEN- CORYMOULZIE. 
Dee is a river fo celebrated in fong, on account of the romantic beau- 
^en t!C ^ t ^ ie 1 va ^^ es through which it runs — and of fo much note and con- 
f 6 m commerc * a ^ y i ews to the country — that to natives it mult feem a fuper- 
a h° u r to defcribe its courfe ■, and to others, perhaps, an uninterefting care, mi- 
f ^es l° ^ ec ‘‘V the moft eligible paths by which one can penetrate into the vaft foli- 
Hif lr) at are f° un d among the Mountains of Athol and Mar, where it has its fource. 
ln one of the loftieft, perhaps high eft, mountains of Scotland, alinoft 
tefS ) .^" om the Eajlern and Weftern fhores, by the confluence of many wa- 
lC ^ meets with in a courfe of feventy or eighty miles, the Dee forms at 
f ‘fe tQ a lar S e a nd important river : where it opens its pafiage to the fea, it has given 
i%| 0 ^ e the moft fpacious and noble ports, and to one of the moft flourifhing and 
% ^ towns of North Britain. This, the two univerfities, which have long been 
e .! feminaries of knowledge and erudition, where tafte has been cultivated 
^j' lv ^ atene d ardour, and philofophy infpired with eminent zeal — no lefs than the 
branches of commerce promoted in the place, and vaft eftablifhments con- 
° f Carryin S on manufactures and advancing arts— have rendered fufficiently 
u Many 
5 c 0nfl ex P e rience the animation circulated by the commercial advantages, for which 
Ny f , Uence °f this river with the ocean opens a channel. Thefe are interefting to 
\ tyi erCj °f eafy accefs, and obvious to all. But few have drank of the fountain 
^ ^ nce lt originally ftreams. 
t ^bl e °i U ! Ce °f dds f ne r i ver j like the elementary fprings from whence all our moft 
V Ot of C ® n S s ar e derived, lies hid in almoft inacceffible regions. It falls not to 
^ an y t0 arrive at the firft principles of things, or trace the deep recondite 
.* at i eat l to the difcovery of the primordial fcene. 
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\ encounter die to il °f penetrating into the defert, in order to drink from 
a ' n 'l>ead of the well of the Dee. To ftruggle over many a rugged hill, and 
3 0 f t L e defolate paths of rocky vallies — to fpend the day amidfl the ftupendotis 
S °f thef - . . * 
L ^i n e wonderful folitudes — will in general be deemed a price too high for the 
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% ^^ au ght : yet is it a mighty and a fublime fcene, where firft theft torrents 
t ^ c 1 ^ ?s > which afterwards conftitute the waters of the Dee. 
Mad °f Cariochy above, Glengu/achen, the bold front of the very high and 
C Kir 3 " Carndeu ^ * s f’y ^ ee P P at ^ s t0 afcended ; on gaining the appa- 
tt.% vy * a Vaft amphitheatre of rock prefents itfelf to view, in the midft of which 
pro'^ty a ^ ee P occu py a circular vale, and 
. jj i ' ‘ n gfrom the cavity of the furrounding hill. 
% ^ ““fimiuAwtui julk. prcicma ilicii iu vilwj in uic iiuuit or wnica 
^ p ro - °f a deep lake occupy a circular vale, and refledt the prodigious pre- 
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e S ra nd refervoir from whence iffue the firft body of the waters of the 
ii e Well anH to cu j. i . „„ 
S b 1^^ an< ^ fp r ‘ n g i s die firft and higheft of thofe cryftal torrents which ac- 
" a*-- 0vv * Some beautiful ftreaks of verdure ftretch down in waving lines to 
f|^l ULftUlU Ul ill LdlVo wl Vtl UlUv iti vlUWlI Hi WclViii^ iliivC) LU 
\ \ fr 0 ° 1 16 The y ooofft °f various mofs, refrelhed and fed by fprings, 
f '’ v ‘ite rs ° tTl t ^ ie high parts of the mountain, which intercept the clouds, and arreft 
ofth Cre diey fall J n rain. — From the pinnacle of the mountain that rifes over 
there is the moft magnificent view of the furrounding world ima- 
ta ough ftventy or eighty miles inland, yet, fuch is the diftindnefs of 
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