As the town of Dumfermline stands on elevated ground, and the steeple, which is very high, is seen at a vast distance in almost every direction, as already noticed, so the prospect from the battlements of this, is one of the most extensive, as well as beautiful, in this island. From thence is to be seen part of fourteen different counties, including the Sontra, and Lammer-Muir Hills; Ben Lomond, Ben Leddia, and

journey, as well as for all those whom you may choose to take with you in your train; you will then deposit your charge at the holy sepulchre of our Lord, where he was buried, since my body cannot go there. You will not be sparing of expense-and provide yourself with such company, and such things, as may be suitable to your rank—and wherever you pass, you will let it be known, that you bear the heart of king Robert of Scotland, which you are carrying beyond scas, by his command, since his body cannot go thither!

"All those persons began bewailing bitterly; and when the lord James could speak, he said, Gallant and noble king, I return you a hundred thousand thanks, for the high honour you do me, and for the valuable and dear treasure which you entrust me; and I will most willingly do all that you command me, with the utmost loyalty in my power; never doubt it, however I may feel myself unworthy of such a high distinction.'

"The king replied Gallant knight, I thank you-you promise it me then?'

"Certainly, sir, most willingly,' answered the knight. He then gave his promise upon his knighthood.

"The king said, Thanks be to God, for I shall now die in peace, since I know that the most valiant and accomplished knight of my kingdom, will perform that for me, which I am unable to do for myself.'

"Soon afterwards, the valiant Robert Bruce, king of Scotland, departed this life, on the 7th of November, 1327. His heart was embalmed, and his body buried in the monastery of Dunfermline, Translation of Sir John Froissart's Chronicles, by Mr. Johnes, vol. 1. p. 72-3.

Benvoirlich; the Kippen Hills, and the south-western extremity of the Aichil or Ochil Hills, and the Hills of Campsie; the Pentland Hills; Hopetoun House; Blackness Castle; Linlithgow, and Borroustouness; Culross; the meandrings of the Forth from Stirling to Leith, and the metropolis of Scotland, with its castle and spires: all which places are very distinctly and clearly seen from the steeple of Dumfermline, in clear weather.

FROM DUMFERMLINE TO ST. ANDREWS.

In my way from Dumfermline I fell in with a great number of people about the door of a decentlooking house. Upon inquiry, I found that a man within had been, for some days, in a trance, or was actually dead. He had no appearance of life, yet he was neither cold nor stiff, nor had he that pale cadaverous colour which dead bodies generally assume. As he had been several days in this state, without the least breath, motion, or sign of life, they were at a loss to know whether it would be proper to bury him or not. For my part, I could give no advice, other than to let the body remain unburied till signs of putrefaction appeared. I mentioned that dead bodies are sometimes found turned on their face in coffins and suffocated, having returned to life after they have been buried, and bleeding at the nose, mouth, and ears. Having thus done what I could to have the body kept a little longer above ground, I soon arrived at Inverkeith-" ing.

I need scarcely, I suppose, mention, that the word Inver, means the mouth or place where one river runs into another, or into the sea. Hence Inveresk, the mouth of the Esk; Inverness, the mouth of the river Ness; Inverary, the mouth of the river of that name; and so on.

Inverkeithing is a royal burgh, where David 1. king of Scotland, had a royal palace. There is a fine

large commodious bay near this place, to which ships often run in distress. The town is but small, and very irregularly built; it has, however, some foreign and domestic trade.

Having found a church door open, and seeing people going into it, I went in with the rest, and found the clergyman, who, though a man of a decent appearance, was literally a thumper on the cushion, commenting on that passage, "Thou shalt not seeth a kid in its mother's milk," and vociferating against the abominable barbarity of those who were so void of feeling as to think of such a dish. He seemed zealous enough, and to be perfectly acquainted with rant and declamation, but totally destitute of logical deduction and biblical knowledge, an acquaintance with Jewish antiquities, and indeed common sense; for neither have the people of Inverkeithing any kids; nor, if they had, would they ever think of seething them in their mother's milk.

Having seen Sir John Henderson's pretty seat, Aberdour, the earl of Morton's, and the earl of Moray's vast improvements, and been much pleased with the beauty and variety of objects occurring almost every where in this part of the country, as well as Burnt Island, the great emporium of the herring fishery, I came to Kinghorn.

While at Kinghorn, I learnt that Mr. S-Hsome time ago had a hairsbreadth escape there. He was impatient to be at Edinburgh, as he was in hopes of an excellent place; and his obtaining it depended entirely on his being there before the post. He waited for hours, but, the weather being stormy, no boat would venture out. At length

one was about to sail out. Having occasion to retire, he stepped aside about a minute, and before he returned the boat was off, and all his persuasion could not prevail on them to return, though they were but a few yards off when he began to entreat them. Vexed and irritated that he was obliged to stay, he passed a sleepless night; but his heart was filled with gratitude to Providence when he heard in the morning that every soul had gone to the bottom. Having passed through Kirkaldy and Dysart, renowned for the possession of three good things, fish, coals, and salt, I came to a fishing village of considerable extent, called Buckhaven, originally peopled by some men and women, (for women in the north go a fishing,) who, more than a hundred years ago, were driven on the Fifan shore, in an open boat, from the coast of Denmark. Having been allowed a small portion of ground by the earl of Wemyss, the lord of the soil, they built huts about the harbour where they landed; and, as it was their employment in their own country, they became fishers, and both men and women went out every day to fish as they had been accustomed to do.

This colony of fishers were a rude and simple people, as their descendants in fact are at this day. They have never intermingled much with the neighbouring inhabitants, but associate with one. another. In manners, the pronunciation of words, in some words themselves, and in dress, they still bear marks of their seafaring and Scandinavian origin. They are a common subject of laughter to their more polished neighbours, and being aware