DONEAN TOURIST:

GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF THE

BATTLES, CASTLES, GENTLEMEN'S SEATS,

FAMILIES, WITH THEIR ORIGIN,

ARMORIAL ENSIGNS, BADGES OF DISTINCTION,

CAREFULLY SELECTED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES;

And interspersed with

ANECDOTES, AND ANCIENT NATIONAL BALLADS,
&c. &c. &c.

The frosty nicht with her prolixit hours,
Her mantil quhyt spred on the tender flowers;
Quhen ardent labour has addressit me,
Translate the tale of our progenitours,

Thair greit manheid, wisdom, and hie honours,
Quhair we may, clair as in a mirrour, see
The furious end sometimes of tyrannie,
Sometimes the gloir of prudent governours,
Ilk state apprysit in thair facultie.

Evergreen.

BY

ALEXANDER LAING,

AUTHOR OF THE CALEDONIAN ITINERARY,

ECCENTRIC MAGAZINE, &c. &c.

ABERDEEN:

PRINTED BY J. BOOTH, JUN.

AND SOLD BY THE AUTHOR.

1828.

(Price Ten Shillings and Sixpence Boards.)

Br 9118.28
946416

JAN 191883

Ward fund.

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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

JAMES OCHONCHAR FORBES,

LORD FORBES,

OF CASTLE FORBES, BART.

LIEUTENANT GENERAL OF HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES,

AND

COLONEL OF THE 21ST REGT. OF FOOT,

OR ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILEERS, &c. &c. &c.

AS A SLIGHT BUT SINCERE TOKEN

OF ADMIRATION

OF

HIS PHILANTHROPY AND RESPECT

FOR HIS TRULY LAUDABLE CHARACTER,

AND AS A

TESTIMONY OF GRATITUDE

FOR HIS LIBERALITY AND FRIENDSHIP,

THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED,

CUM PERMISSIONE,

BY

HIS LORDSHIP'S MOST OBESSIANT SERVANT,

THE EDITOR.