MEJIOm OF PENNANT. 
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the 26th of June 1769. The account of this tour 
was not published till the year following. He set 
out from Chester, and kept a regular journal of every 
incident from that place till his return, taking sketches 
of all that struck him as remarkable in the scenery, 
buildings, and antiquities. He travelled what is 
called the east road, and entered Scotland from Ber- 
wick-upon-Tweed. By the way, he visited the 
Fern Islands, lying off the Northumbrian coast, a 
favourite resort, during the breeding-season, of many 
species of sea-fowl ; and it is interesting now to 
compare his account with a notice of the birds more 
recently inhabiting these islands, published a few years 
ago by the British oniithologist of our own times. 
In the former, the Little Auk and Black Guille- 
mot are both mentioned as occurring : while now, 
the first does not find a place at all among the North- 
umbrian birds, and the second is only met with oc- 
casionally. He proceeded onwards by Edinburgh, and 
made nearly tlie circuit of the mainland of Scotland, 
travelling along the east coast by Perth, Aberdeen, 
Inverness, &c. and returning by Fort-William, Loch 
Awe, Inverary, and Glasgow, again entered Eng- 
land by Carlisle. The Tour is written with much 
clearness, as well as candour. A prejudice against 
Scotland, regarding its great inferiority of climate, 
and almost barbarous condition of the northern in- 
habitants, existed, and to a certain extent influenced 
the views of the tourist ; but a mind apparently at 
ease and contented with itself, and alive to the beau- 
