still remain.

Some trees are yet standing on this spot, probably coeval with MARY, under whose shade she may have sat expecting her escape, which was at length effected by the enamoured DOUGLASS. Its present state has been thus described by one whom a premature fate alone, prevented from arriving at high poetic excellence.

No more its arches echo to the noise

Of joy and festive mirth. No more the glance
Of blazing taper thro' its windows beams,
And quivers on the undulating wave:

But naked stand the melancholy walls,

Lash'd by the wintry tempests, cold and bleak,
That whistle mournful thro' the empty halls.
And piecemeal, crumble down the tow'rs to dust.
Equal in age, and sharers of its fate,

A row of moss-grown trees around it stand;
Scarce here and there, upon their blasted tops,
A shriv❜lled leaf distinguishes the year.

BRUCE.

Loch Leven produces Pike, small Perch, Trout of peculiar redness and excellence, and of about six pounds weight, of which great quantities are sent at certain seasons to the market of Edinburgh. There is also a species called the Gally Trout, which are only caught by the fishermen from October to January, and are split, salted, and dried for winter provision; by the description, Mr. PENNANT supposes them to be Charr, only of a size superior to any caught in England or Wales, some being two feet and a half long. In the month of September great numbers of Eels are caught; they are then going down the stream of the Leven towards the sea, and nets are placed across the river during the night, wherein astonishing quantities are taken. The Leven descends for about six miles from the Lake in great beauty, and passing by the Monument erected to the memory of the late Dr. SMOLLETT, falls into the Firth of Clyde, near Dumbarton. The citation of those beautiful lines in which Dr. Smollett (who was born upon the banks of it) celebrates this water, will, it is hoped, not unpleasantly revive in the Reader, the delight with which he may elsewhere have perused

All the waters of this country hold out to the Angler an assurance of amusement, from their variety and great abundance of fish.

• The Par is a small fish, not unlike the Smelt, which it rivals in delicacy and flavour.

Banffshire.

The SPEY is by far the most rapid river yet described, nothing can be imagined more desolate than the commencement of its course, as it tumbles in a succession of cataracts, from the base of the vast mountain of the Coriaraich; a small lake in the centre of the rocks and precipices of the northern highlands of Inverness-shire conceals its source, from whence with various windings and an unparalleled velocity, it pursues a north-east direction. The Spey afterwards divides this county from that of Moray and Inverness, passing through the great Pine forests which encircle Castle Grant; long before it reaches the small town of Fochabers near its mouth, the Spey widens considerably, and becoming navigable, transports the abundant Pines which clothe its hills, preserving however to the last, strong traits of its native rapidity; its impetuosity after much rain, when swelled by the torrents from the neighbouring mountains, is almost beyond conception; in 1768 this river overflowed the adjacent fields to a vast extent, swept off the corn, and tore up the trees, Salmon were found dashed among the rocks at a hundred yards distance from its channel. The extensive and magnificent territory of Castle Gordon is a new feature to the Spey, which notwithstanding is sometimes a dangerous neighbour from its furious inundations, and which render the bed of the river wide and full of gravel, and the channel very shifting. About three miles north of Fochabers, this river (after receiving numerous streams in the course of above seventy miles) empties itself into the sea at the village of Speymouth.

The Salmon fishery on this river is very great; sufficient fish to fill seventeen hundred barrels are caught in the season, and the shore is rented for 1200l. per ann.

In the south-west angle of the county rises the river AvEN, or AAN, which dividing part of Inverness from Banffshire, falls into the Spey at Inveraan. The DEVERON rises on the south side, and reaches the sea below Banff; and the UGIE, which runs on the south, divides this from Aberdeenshire.

These rivers, especially the Spey, produce Salmon and fine fish of various other sorts.

Berwickshire.

The BLACK-ADDER has its source near the town of Greenlaw. The WHITE-ADDER descends from the north eastern part of the county; these streams unite, are then called the ADDER, and flow into the Tweed near Berwick. The small river EYE comes from the north-east, and terminates its short circular course at the port of Eyemouth.

The LAEDER (perhaps a corruption of LAUDER) flows along the east side of the town of Lauder, over which, as well as the Tweed, (which river it afterwards joins) an elegant bridge is now built. The TWEED is a large beautiful river, partly bounding the county on the south, and reaching the sea below Berwick. All these streams contain great abundance of various kinds of fish.

Caithness.

The river or water of THURSO gives name to the town of Thurso, which it passes on the west side, and descends into Dunnett Bay, at its south-west extremity. The WICK, originating in the lake of Watten, forms a fine bay beneath the port situated on its northern shore, from which it derives its name. Much Salmon is taken at Dunnett, Wick, and Thurso; the miraculous draught at the last place is still talked of;

not less than twenty-five hundred having once been taken at one tide within the memory of man. The Salmon are said to keep in the river Thurso all the year.

The small river Rice descends from Wester Loch to Sinclair's Bay; both the Loch and river are well stored with excellent Trout. In the river Berridale, near the castle of that name, there is very good Salmon fishing.

Dumbartonshire.

The CLYDE finds its source in the great hills which bound Lanerckshire towards the south, between Elvan foot and Moffatt, on the high road from Carlisle to Glasgow. This is one of the finest rivers in Scotland, rapid in its origin, and precipitating itself in three picturesque yet tremendous falls, the two first are called Cora Lyn and Boniton Lyn, and beautifully ornament the grounds and plantations of Sir John Lockhart Ross, by which they are encompassed. After passing the Duke of Hamilton's palace at Hamilton, (where there is a bridge over the river) it again engulphs itself between vast rocks, cloathed with brush-wood, as it sweeps furiously round the eminence on which are the ruins of Bothwell Castle; emerging from these barriers it rolls proudly to Glasgow. Two magnificent stone bridges cross the Clyde at this city, (another near Lanerck exhibits an elegant structure;) navigation here adds its consequence, as crowded with vessels, and gradually widening, it divides this Shire from that of Renfew, transporting all the riches of Glasgow to the sea, to which the manufactures of Paisley are added by the Cart, and those of Stirlingshire by the Grand Canal, which joins the Clyde at Kilpatrick, and forms a communication with the capital, and the interior parts of the country, by means of the Forth; on this navigation there are thirty-nine locks in the distance of thirty-five English miles. The branches of the Clyde are principally the Douglass water, the Aven, and the Giel from the south-west, the