1 quired to pay the ufual tax, defired rather to refign the ground. SLANES CASTLE. THE We came in the afternoon to Slanes Caftle, built upon the margin of the sea, fo that the walls of one of the towers feem only a continuation of a perpendicular rock, the foot of which is beaten by the waves. To walk round the house seemed impracticable, From the windows the eye wanders over the fea that separates Scotland from Norway, and when the winds beat with violence, muft enjoy all the terrifick grandeur of the tempeftuous ocean.. I would not for my amusement wish for a ftorm; but as ftorms, whether wished or not, will fometimes happen, I may fay without violation of humanity, that I fhould willingly look out upon them from Slanes Castle. When When we were about to take our leave, our departure was prohibited by the Countess, till we should have feen two places upon the coaft, which the rightly confidered as worthy of curiofity, Dun Buy, and the Buller of Buchan, to which Mr. Boyd very kindly conducted us. Dun Buy, which in Erfe is faid to fignify the Yellow-Rock, is a double protuberance of ftone, open to the main fea on t one side, and parted from the land by a very narrow channel on the other. It has its name and its colour from the dung of innumerable fea fowls, which in the Spring chufe this place as convenient for incubation, and have their eggs and their young taken in great abundance. One of the birds that frequent this rock has, as we were told, its body not larger than a duck's, and yet lays eggs as large as thofe of a goose. This bird is by the inhabitants D 3 quired to pay the usual tax, defired rather to refign the ground. SLANES CASTLE. THE We came in the afternoon to Slanes Caftle, built upon the margin of the sea, fo that the walls of one of the towers feem only a continuation of a perpendicular rock, the foot of which is beaten by the waves. To walk round the house seemed impracticable, From the windows the eye wanders over the fea that separates Scotland from Norway, and when the winds beat with violence, muft enjoy all the terrifick grandeur of the tempeftuous ocean.. I would not for my amusement with for a ftorm; but as ftorms, whether wifhed or not, will fometimes happen, I may fay without violation of humanity, that I should willingly look out upon them from Slanes Caftle. When When we were about to take our leave, our departure was prohibited by the Countefs, till we should have feen two places upon the coaft, which the rightly confidered as worthy of curiofity, Dun Buy, and the Buller of Buchan, to which Mr. Boyd very kindly conducted us. Dun Buy, which in Erfe is faid to fignify the Yellow-Rock, is a double protu, berance of ftone, open to the main fea on ་ one fide, and parted from the land by a very narrow channel on the other. It has its name and its colour from the dung of innumerable fea fowls, which in the Spring chufe this place as convenient for incubation, and have their eggs and their young taken in great abundance. One of the birds that frequent this rock has, as we were told, its body not larger than a duck's, and yet lays eggs as large as those of a goose. This bird is by the inhabitants D 3 quired to pay the usual tax, desired rather to refign the ground. SLANES CASTLE. THE We came in the afternoon to Slanes Caftle, built upon the margin of the fea, fo that the walls of one of the towers feem only a continuation of a perpendicular rock, the foot of which is beaten by the waves. To walk round the house seemed impracticable, From the windows the eye wanders over the fea that separates Scotland from Norway, and when the winds beat with violence, muft enjoy all the terrifick grandeur of the tempeftuous ocean.. I would not for my amufement with for a form; but as ftorms, whether wished or not, will fometimes happen, I may fay without violation of humanity, that I fhould willingly look out upon them from Slanes Caftle. When |