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science-we need only enumerate those of Joanna Baillie, Thomas Campbell, Ramsay, Graham, and Findlay; William and John Hunter, Dr. Moore, and his son, the gallant Sir John Moore, who fell at Corunna, Professor Young, and the patriotic Lord Archibald Campbell.

FIFE, ABERDEEN, AND MORAY.

WITH SCENES FROM PERTH, INVERNESS AND ROSS.

BEFORE passing the boundaries of the first of these, the "Kingdom of Fife," we shall here, in addition to those already presented, introduce two illustrations of Perthshire, which arrived too late to be included under that particular head. The first of these, Castle Campbell, near the now classic village of Dollar,* has long enjoyed the reputation of being one of the most picturesque and romantic ruins in the kingdom. The advantages of situation have been greatly enhanced by the associations of history; and in a survey of this noble relic of a chivalrous age, the eye is fascinated with the natural scenery, while the mind is furnished with ample materials for meditation.

"C'est un vieux fort, qui, du haut des collines,

Tyran de la contrée, effroi de ses vassaux,
Portait jusqu'au ciel l'orgueil de ses créneaux :
Qui, dans ces temps affreux de discorde et d'alarmes,
Vit les grands coups de lance et les nobles faits d'armes
De nos preux chevaliers."

Castle Campbell never recovered from the ravage of the civil war, when the troops under Montrose laid waste the country, and wreaked their vengeance in a more particular manner on this baronial fastness-the lowland residence of the rival chief Campbell, marquess of Argyll, from whom the castle derives its modern name. Before the invention of gunpowder, it must have been a place nearly impregnable; being surrounded on three sides by a profound natural fosse, down the shaggy sides of which numerous torrents are precipitated into

TENNANT, the author of "Anster Fair," the "Thane of Fife," and other well-known works-all admirable in their kind-is Master of the DOLLAR ACADEMY, and a man whose acquaintance is eagerly courted.

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the ravine, and there formed into a copious stream, which pursues its boisterous course into the Devon. This ravine, which nearly encircles the castle, is richly hung with variegated woods, and offers a solitude, sweetened with the " song of many birds," refreshed with gushing fountains, and fragrant with wild flowers, which breathe an air of soothing tranquillity, where the lover of Nature delights to meditate as in the very "elysium" of chastened contemplation. A steep and difficult ascent, now open-but which in former times must have formed the secret communication between the castle and the stream-leads to a little chapel, the dilapidated "oratory" of the place. From this, which occupies the centre of an amphitheatre of green hills-projections from the pastoral Ochils, and commanding a rich landscape to the south-the view is peculiarly fine. The castle is much frequented, and has long enjoyed the distinction of being considered one of the beauties of Scotland.

The next scene to which we alluded, is the Cauldron Linn, the celebrated fall on the river Devon, which here separates the counties of Perth and Kinross. The valley of the Devon is of great beauty, richly variegated in scenery; and, along with its picturesque attractions, presents a highly cultivated and fertile tract of country. The Linn and the Rumbling Bridge, however, are the points to which the traveller's attention is expressly directed, as features peculiar to the Devon, and unique in their kind. The bridge, which spans the river, has now become the medium of public intercourse, and is partially concealed by the new bridge, built at a considerable height over it; but nothing can diminish the horror inspired by a close inspection of that Tartarean chasm, over which the original arch is flung. Although, in point of elevation, it is far inferior to many of those Alpine bridges to which we have adverted in a former work-to those, for instance, in the pass of the Via-Mala in Switzerland-still the impression here produced, from the circumstance of no indications of such a scene being visible in the nature of the country through which it is approached, and the surprise with which the traveller surveys the spot, are much greater than could otherwise be imagined. Taking his stand on the centre of the arch, and looking down into the yawning chasm, a thin cataract of foam is all that indicates the copious river, which here, confined to a deep and extremely diminished channel, is churned into spray by the rugged rocks, and fills the ear with its hollow roar. The flashing of the foam, contrasted with the dark rocks through which it ploughs its way, seems to illume at intervals that dismai labyrinth from which it sends forth, night and day, the "cry of its agony." The intertwining branches of oak which meet over the ravine, and mask, in some measure, its form, give an air of deeper gloom to the scene; while the rocks which line the gorge, and the

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