CATHEDRAL of St. ANDREW'S 
A FTER paffing the ferry from Leith to Kinghorn there is a pleafant ride of 30 miles 
on a turnpike road to St. Andrew’s. This city lies on a fmall rifing ground 
along the fea coaft. It is not fituated on the great poll road to the north, and, con- 
fequently, does not fo readily fall under the obfervation of travellers. In approach- 
ing the city, at the dillance of a mile, it makes an appearance fo grand and beautiful, 
that the artiil is tempted to light from his horfe, and draw. Numerous towers and 
fpires give it an air of vaft magnificence, and the fituation renders the profpeft alto- 
gether uncommonly agreeable. 
Upon entering the gate, the whole city appears one extenfive ruin, and affords 
numberlefs fubje&s to exercife the talents of the artilt. The cathedral ceitainly at- 
tracts firlt attention. The welt view takes in the whole. It is delineated in Mr. 
Pennant’s Tour. The fouth fide affords two good views ; the one from the north is 
given in this plate. The ealt end, together with the chapel of St. Regulus, likewife 
yields materials for two excellent drawings. 
Cardinal Beaton’s caltle is alfo a good fubjeft. The front looking to the 
land gives a proper fpecimen of the building ; and the fide Chews the extent of the 
ruin fcattered all over the promontory. The oppofite hills on the other fide of the 
Firth come into thefe views, and tend greatly to augment their pifclurefque and beau- 
tiful appearance. 
Besides the above, St. Andrew’s contains an abundance of other very deferving 
fubje&s. 
The old College is entirely of Gothic ftruflure: the new is built in a plain modern 
ftyle. 
This Cathedral bears a linking refemblance to that of Elgin. The towers in the 
well end have been as high, but not fo huge and maffy; The eall end is not fo ele- 
gantly finifhed, and the whole is lefs decorated and gorgeous. At Elgin, however, 
there is no building to vie with the lofty chapel of St. Regulus. It, though within the 
walls. Hands detached from the great body of the building, and feems, fome how, 
out of place, as it tends in no degree to complete the plan of the cathedral. The 
whole of the eall end Hands tolerably complete, but none of the fide walls remain 
adjoining to it. Only the part of the fouth fide is undemolifhed which unites with 
the welt end. The one tower of the wefi end continues very entire in conjunQion 
with the grand door of the church ; but the other is totally erafed. 
In the middle of the town Hands a neat little building of Gothic HruBure, called 
Black Friars Chapel. A fet of huts are built leaning to its walls. It is of an oflagon 
form, with an arched or vaulted roof, and has a fine arched window in every fide. 
It feems to be an exaft pattern oFthe Chapter-houfe at Elgin Cathedral. A propofal 
was ntade, fome years ago, to fit it up, and convert it into an Englilh chapel. But 
there is little chance that the fcheme will take place, as it would coH as much to re- 
pair the old chapel as to build a new one. 
Cardinal 
