ABERGELDIE,

ABERDEENSHIRE,

THE seat of P. Gordon, esq. is about forty-six miles west from Aberdeen. The house, consisting of an ancient tower, and an edifice of more modern structure, is built upon the south bank of the river Dee, on an elevated plain, screened on the north and east by lofty mountains. This plain, Mr. Gordon's private farm, is in the highest state of cultivation, and produces the richest crops of wheat, barley, and other grain. It is bounded on the east and west by large plantations of forest trees, which grow in great perfection, particularly the birch-The Birks of Abergeldie have long been celebrated in highland song. The nearest mountains are clothed with wood to their summits, affording shelter, and an extensive range to multitudes of deer of various descriptions: here, too, in some of the most inaccessible cliffs, the eagle builds his nest. The Dee abounds with salmon and trout; and with its tributary streams, which wind through the neighbouring vallies in every direction, gives ample sport to the angler. The country to the south rises with gradual ascent, and opens into wide-extended heaths, richly stocked with all kinds of moor game. The

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Lochnagar, one of the most sublime objects of highland scenery. Its hollow sides are girt with eternal wreaths of snow; and its peaked top, attracting the passing clouds, presents a fantastical variety of forms, on which the imagination delights to dwell. Here the shy ptarmigan finds its solitary domain, rarely disturbed by the tread of human foot.

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? There are two churches in the wugh towns. the gift of the family of Whitmore. The high cheeb, dedicated to St. Leonard, consists of a nave, a chancel, and two side aisles, with a tower steeple at the west end. The low church stands near the castle, and is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen: it so courts of a mave, a chancel, an aisle on the north and a tower steeple. Both these churches are of rewry appearance, and built of red stone.

The bridge is very ancient, 4, and th tw. 30 supposed to have been originally tot by the widow of Ethelred, king of the Merciaus, about the en 5.