CROSS AT SOMERSBY. of the pediment, eleven inches; on the south face of which are extended the arms of a figure, representing the crucified Saviour; and on the opposite side, facing the church, on the shaft of the Cross is a carving of the Virgin and Child. That in this part of the country there have been abundant erections similar to the one under consideration, cannot be doubted, since almost every village exhibits, at the present period, fragments, at least, of such; but no other specimen remains to shew us the style and perfect finish of these subjects; and the first sentiment rising in the mind is, how has it escaped the ravages of time, and how has it been shielded from the mischiefs of fanaticism? That it escaped the latter is most extraordinary, since the fury of the puritans was especially pointed against all sculptures of such subjects. Abergeldie, Aberdeenshire Published for the Proprietons, by W (Larke. Now Bond Streets, and J. Carpenter Old Bond St April 1100 THE seat of P. Gerd r This plain, Mr. Cordon's,a state of cultivation, and wheat, barley, and other u east and west by large planta grow in great pofesion, pat Birks of Abergeldhe have long been celebrat a land song. The nearest Lacurtains are dotled wood to their summits, att rug shelter, and through the nag-bouring vali on every breton, gives ample sport to the arger. The county to the yours rises with gradual ascent, andopens into wide-extead-a heaths, richly stocked with all kinds of moor game. The |