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miles. There are feveral beautiful plantations here, which abound with the red fquirrel. There are some veftiges of camps at Castlelaw in this parish. Near Woodhoufelee*, the property of A. Frafer Tytler, Judge Advocate, on Glencrofs water, lies the fcene of that favourite paftoral the Gentle Shepherdt; a romantic fall at the head of the water is ftill called "Habbies How." Wil liam Tytler, Efq; of Woodhoufelée, father to the prefent proprietor, is well known as the author of the Inquiry into the Evidence against Mary Queen of Scots, and of a Differtation on Scottish Mufic, annexed to Arnot's History of Edinburgh: Alfo for having refcued from oblivion The " King's Quair", a poem written by James I. of Scotland; and for afcertaining Allan Ramfay as the author of thofe two fine poems, * This house is 720 feet above the level

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PENNYCUICK, about 9 miles fouthweft from Edinburgh. The foil is various, being a very extenfive parish in fome places a ftiff clay, in others fand and gravel, and a great part of it mofs. The real rent is about 2100l. Sterling; and there are about 1180 inhabitants. There are here a cotton mill and two paper mills. Pennycuick houfe is an elegant edifice, built about 1761, by the late Sir James Clerk +. There is a good collection of paintings here; and Offian's hall, the work of Runciman, is much admired. Sir James alfo collected a confiderable number of Roman antiquities, and built an exact model of the celebrated Roman temple, called Arthur's Oven, which is used as a pidgeon houfe. The grounds are well laid out, and highly ornamental. To the fouth of the houfe is an obelisk, erected to the memory of Allan Ramfay the Poet, who frequently refided here. There is abundance of coal, and confiderable quantity of lime here, the latter fo hard, in fome places, as to take a fine polish, and in which many petrifactions are found. In Carlop's hill have been found fpecimens of lead and of iron ore, and iron ftone. Near this, in the bed of the Efk, are found fpecimens of button ore of iron; they are in nodules from the fize of a bean to a gold ball, and take a fine polifh. There are feveral chalybeate and petrifying fprings in this quarter. There is alfo abundance of whinftone and free stone here, curious fpecimens of the latter having impreffions refembling the bark of the pine-tree, both in fhape and colour, have been lately discovered. Several veftiges of encampments are pointed out in this quarter.

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burgh; its greatest length, is 9 and greatest breadth 5 miles, containing about 600 perfons. The country here is bleak and cold, and a good deal fubject to rain. The arable land is pretty fertile, being a light foil on a gravelly bottom, and in fome places a strong clay. The hilly part anfwers very well for fheep pafture.

PRIMROSE or CARRINGTON. This is a small parish, 3 miles long and 2 broad. The foil is good around the village, but cold and wet towards the extremities of the parish. There are only 329 fouls in the parish, and no manufactories. There is abundance of coal in this parish; one ftratum of which is 11 feet thick; there are alfo appearances of ironstone. The fmall parish of

COCKPEN lies upon the South Efk; it is about two miles in length, and 14 in breadth, containing 1123 inhabitants. The prevailing foil here is a ftrong clay, which, when properly cultivated, is very fertile; the rent of the best is only 25s. an acre. The banks of the South Efk are all well wooded, and very romantic here. The castle of Dalhousie, a building of great antiquity, though lately modernised, ftands on the north bank of the river*.

BORTHWICK, about twelve miles from Edinburgh, on the Carlisle road, ftretches from E. to W. about 6 miles, and N.to S. 4 miles: it contains about 860 perfons. The country here has a very uneven furface, hill and dale alternately give it the appearance of the waves of the fea. The foil is very various in the lower parts it is rich and loamy; in the higher parts, wet and clayey. Here ftands the ruins of an ancient caftle, the refidence of the family of Borthwick, which is pretty entire, tho' built about the year 1440, and forms, with the adjacent woods and the windings of the river, a very beautiful and picturefque fcene. It was to this caftle where the Earl of Bothwell took refuge

About a mile above, is the only gun-powder manufactory in Scotland, erected about 3 years ago.

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with his fair confort before the battle of Carberryhill. It is now the property of M Hepburn of Clerkington. Arniston, the feat of the present Lord Advocate, lies in this parish. Of this family two fucceffive generations have held the diftinguished and honourable feat of Prefidents of the Court of Seffion; and the Right Hon. Henry Dandas, Treasurer of the Navy, &c. is no lefs celebrated for his abilities as a statesman. The late Principal Robertfon was born at the manfe of Borthwick; and the famous James Small the fuccefsful improver and maker of the Scotch plough, lives at Ford, in the extremity of this parish. There are feveral going coal works here belonging to the Arniston estate.

HERIOT is a small parish, adjoining to Borthwick, 16 miles from Edinburgn, on the west London road. It is compofed chiefly of hilly ground. Heriot and Gala waters take their rife in the Morefoot hills here, and afford fine fport to the angler. The extent is about 10 miles long, and 6 broad: The number of perfons in it are only about 300.

CRICHTON. This parish is fituated about 12 miles fouth of Edinburgh, on the middle road by Cornhill to London. There are about 3000 acres in this parish, of which 1100 are outfield, this laft is overgrown with mofs, upon a wet foft fand, or clay bottom. The arable part is in general a deep rich foil, producing good crops. The number of inhabitants are about 900. There is a good limeftone quarry in this parish, from which is wrought about 4000 bolls annually. Though there is coal alfo in the parish, none is at prefent wrought.

The castle of Crichton, is a very an tient and magnificent building; it was first built by Chancellor Crichton, joint guardian with the Earl of Callendar, of James II. During the life of Crichton, it was levelled with the ground by William Earl of Douglas, but was afterwards rebuilt, and part of this new work is uncommonly, elegant.

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CRANSTON. This parish is miles in length, and 3 in breadth. The face of the 3 A ground

ground is unequal. It comprehends three villages, viz. Cranston, Coufland, and Prefton, and contains, in whole, about 840 perfons. There are a number of fine feats in this parish, fuch as Oxenford Caftle, Prefton hall, and others. The ground is well cultivated, and well inclofed. The foil confifts partly of clay or stiff land, and partly of a fandy or lighter foil, both are fertile, and over the whole parish arable. It was in this parish that the first example of the drill husbandry was given by Sir John Dalrymple of Coufland, grandfather to the prefent Baronet, who alfo introduced fowing turnip and planting cabbages in the open field. The farms are from 251. to 300!. of rent per annum. The real rent of this parish is about 28col. Sterling. The river Tyne runs through this parish, though it is here but a fmall stream.

FALA and SOUTRA lies at the foot of the Lanmermuir hills, and extends E. and W. about 4 miles; N. and S. 3. The lower parts are pretty level. Soutra-hill rifes about 1000 feet above the level of the fea. On this fummit, the traveller, from the fouth, is tranfported by one of the most extenfive and luxuriant prospects any where to be met with; the three Lothians, with the Frith of Forth, lie expanded before him; and the Fife hills make a fine termination to the landscape. A good deal of the ground here is muirish and wet, but the lower parts of the parith are what may be called a clay foil, and pretty fertile. It is but thinly inhabited, 372 perfons, producing of real rent about L. 1100 Sterling. Part of this parish lies in East Lothian.

As an appendix to what has been faid of the mineralogy of the county of Mid Lothian, we fhall fhortly mention a few more minerals and stones that have been found in it.

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The part of the Pentland hills which lies in this county, befides the Petunse rock already defcribed, is compofed chiefly of different kinds of whin-ftone. About half a mile above Logan house, there is a ftratum of porphyry, which takes a good polifb. There is a confiderable vein of agate at Hill-end Snab about 5 miles from Edinburgh, on the Linton road, which contains nodules of onyx and chalcedony. Similar ftones. are found about 7 miles further on, near Carlops. Specimens of Cobalt were got, when digging a quarry fome years ago (about 1782), near Broughton-lone, but the vein was not purfued, and the quarry is now filled up. Copperas py-. rites is found in abundance in all the coal mines. Fine fpecimens of what is called by the lapidaries mofs-jafper agate, have been found on Blackford hills the green fibres, like mofs, appear very beautiful when the ftone is polifhed. Variety of entrochi and petrified fhells are found in the limestone.. Some fpecimens of entrochi, are found alfo in fhiftus, near Liberton tower. Petrolium has been gathered, iffuing from the fand-ftone quarry near the water of Leith; alfo from a well at St Catherines, and from another near Reftalrig. There are many chalybeate fprings in different parts of the county. Near Glencrofs there is a vein entirely filled with heavy fpar. As this foffil is fo frequent an accompanier of metals every where, particularly lead and copper, time will furely bring fome rich treafure to light in this quarter. We formerly mentioned that this fpar, or marmor metallicum, as it is called by the miners, has been found alfo on Braid hills. There is fhell marle found in the meadow of Edinburgh, and also near Rathot.

(To be continued.)

An account of the Agriculture of the County will be given next number.

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CHINA TRADE.

British manufactures fent to China, in 1783

place, tea imported into Scotland with permit, never exceeded zo,co9 lbs. weight. Since then, one million of pounds have been imported annually; which, on an average of 5s. per lb. is 1.20,000 L. 250,000 Sterling, fent out of Scot1794 626,000 land for that one article; on which the Tea imported before the commutation duty to Government, including the comact 5,600,000 pounds, now upwards mutation tax, paid by the country, and of 18,000,cco pound weight annually. an object of greater magnitude than that Shipping employed in Tuns. which occafioned the American war, that trade only, in 1783 6,000 viz. a tax for tea laid on that coun1792 18,000 try. In Scotland, from 1694, to 1744, The whole fhipping emLord Kanies fays, there was only 34 ployed in the Indian bankrupts: So languid was the Scots 12,000 trade; and as a proof of the rapid 28,000 progrefs of trade from 1774, to 1771, there was thrice that number. In England

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REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.

An Appeal to Impartial Pofterity, by the Female Citizen Roland, wife of the Minifter of the Home Department.

(Concluded from p. 265.)

WE fhall prefent, our Readers with her portrait, drawn by herself.

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"To the newly acquired fenfations of a frame fanguine and well organized, were infenfibly joined all the modifications of a delire to pleafe. I loved to appear well dreffed. This, perhaps, is as proper a place as any to introduce my portrait. At fourteen years, as now, my ftature was precisely four feet, for I had completed my growth; my leg and foot were well formed; the hips full and bold; the cheft large, and relieved by a fine bofom; my fhoulders of an elegant form; my carriage firm and graceful, my walk light and quick: fuch was the first coup d'ail. The detail of my figure had nothing striking in it, except a great frefhnefs of colour, and much foftnefs and expreffion. In examining particulars, Where (it might be faid) is the beauty?" Not a feature is regular, but all pleafe. The mouth is rather large; one fees a thousand more pretty: but where is there a smile so tender and fo feductive? The eye, on the contrary, is not large enough, and its iris is of a greyifh hue, but, placed on the furface of the face, the look open, frank, lively, and tender, crowned with brown eyebrows, (the colour of my hair) and well delineated, it varies in its expreffion as the fenfible heart of which it indicates the movements: ferious and indignant, it fometimes aftonishes; but it charms oftener, and is always awake. The nofe gave me fome uneafinefs; I thought it too full at the end; nevertheless, confidered with the reft, and particularly in profile, the effect of the face was not injured by it. The forehead broad, high, with the hair retiring, elevated eyebrows, and veins in the form of a Greek I, that fwelled at the flighteft motion, afforded an enfemble little allied to the infignificance of fo many countenances. As to the chin, which was rather retiring, it has the precife characters attributed by phyfiognomifts to the volup tuary. Indeed, when I combine all the peculiarities of my character, I doubt if ever an individual was more formed for pleasure, or has tafted it fo little. The complexion was clear rather than fair,

its colours vivid, frequently heightened by a fudden boiling of the blood, occafioned by nerves the moft irritable; the fkin foft and smooth; the arms finely rounded; the hand elegant without being fmall, becaufe the fingers, long and flender, announce dexterity and preferve grace; teeth white and well ranged; and, laftly, the plenitude and plumpnefs of perfect health :-fuch are the gifts with which nature had endowed me. I have loft many of them, particularly fuch as depend upon bloom and plenitude of figure; but those which remain are fufficient to conceal, without any affiftance of art, five or fix years of my age, and the perfons who fee me muft be informed of what it is, to believe me more than two or three and thirty. It is only fince my beauty has faded, that I have known what was its extent; while in its blocm I was unconfcious of its worth; and perhaps this ignorance augmented its value. I do not regret its lofs, because I have never abused it; but if my duty could accord with my taste to leave lefs ineffective what remains of it, I certainly fhould not be mortified. My portrait has frequently been drawn, painted, and engraved, but none of these imitations gives an idea of my perfon; it is difficult to feize, because I have more foul than figure, more expreffion than features. This a common artist cannot exprefs; it is probable even that he would not perceive it. My phyfiognomy kindles in proportion to the intereft with which I am infpired, in the fame manner as my mind is developed in proportion to the mind with which I have to act. I find myfelf fo dull with a number of people, that perceiving the abundance of my refources with perfons of talent, I have imagined, in my fimplicity, that to them alone I was indebted for it. I generally pleafe, because I have an averfion to offend; but it is not granted to all to find me handfome, or to discover what I am worth. I can fuppofe an old coxcomb, enamoured of himself, and vain of difplaying his flender ftock of science, fifty years in acquiring, who might fee me for ten years together without discovering that I could do more than caft up a bill, or cut out a fhirt. Camille Defmoulins was right when he expreffed his amazement, that "at my age, and with fo little beauty,"

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