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November 2. Duke of Kent born, (1767.)
3. Princess Sophia born, (1777.)

5. Gunpowder plot, (1605.)

8. Princes Augustus Sophia born, (1768.) 11. Martinmas.

12. Court of Session sits.

30. St. Andrew's Day.

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THE

Scots Magazine,

AND

EDINBURGH LITERARY MISCELLANY,
For OCTOBER 1812.

Description of the House of LUNDIN. FEW families, in Fifeshire, can boast of a higher antiquity than the Barons of Lundin. Robert of Lundin, son to King William, married the heiress of this family, who bore the same name. It appears by a charter of King William, that the monastery of Cambuskenneth belonged then to this branch of the family

be memorials of a battle fought with the Danes near to this place.

John Lamont, of Awton, the publication of whose Chronicle of Fife has lately so much gratified and amused the curious public, resided in this vicinity, was factor to the family of Lundin of Lundin, and has recorded many interesting facts regarding it.

LENSKO to Moscow.

of Lundin. This place continued in Description of the Country from SMO. their possession for a long series of generations, but is now the property of Sir William Erskine, Bart. of Tory.

⚫e house is situated near the to n of Largo, in Fifeshire, and on the west bank of the rivulet of Largo. Only one wall of the ancient building remains, but the present proprietor has attached to it a handsome new edifice in the Gothic style of archi

tecture.

The highway to the south of the house presents a remarkable phenomenon, called the "Standing Stones of Lundin ;" being three large fragments, near to each other, and of an irregular form. There are remains of a fourth, which appears to have been of equal magnitude with the other three. Mr Maule supposed them to

(By Mr Coxe.)

SMOLENSKO, tho' by no means

the most magnificent, is by far the most singular town I have ever seen. It is situated upon the river Dnieper, and occupies two hills, and the valley which lies between them. It is surrounded by walls thirty feet high and fifteen thick, with the lower part of stone, and the upper of brick: these walls, which follow the shape of the hills, and enclose a circumference of seven versts *, have, at every angle, round or square towers of two or three stories, much broader at top than at bottom, and covered with circular roofs

Four miles and three quarters.

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