the surrounding country very beautiful. At Smaland, the coun ty-residence of Lord Armadale, I had the pleasure of again experiencing the politeness and hospitality of his Lordship. The cotton-mills at Lanark are upon an immense scale, in which about two thousand persons are employed, who reside in a regular-built town adjoining. The transfer of children to this and other cotton-mills from England, is, to the honour of the country, less than it used to be. The Orphan-house, I am informed, has refused to send any more. The state of those unhappy children can be duly felt only by being seen. Their tender lungs are exposed to the fine particles of the cotton wool, which are continually floating in the air of the rooms, except during their meals; they are employed from six in the morning until eight at night; and after that hour, when they are exhausted and desirous of rest, an affectation of humane attention is displayed by many of their masters, in having them instructed till ten in reading and writing; during their working hours they are associated with the most abandoned and profligate. The cataracts in the neighbourhood have been long celebrated; that of Stonebyers, within about two miles of Lanark, consisting of three descents, rolling in mighty masses over shelving rocks, of a dark brown colour, contrasting with the rich and luxuriant foliage of the rising woods on either side, is very fine. Several artists have made it the subject of their study. I have seen a faithful and beautiful view of it by that able artist, William Daniell, Esq. A. Corra Linn is very different; it is higher, but not so broad. Its form is more graceful, and so is the scenery through which it rolls. It looks like a cataract of milk. The Falls of Bonniton, above it, the walk to which is exquisite, are much less considerable, and as I had seen the other two first, they made no great impression upon my mind. The country immediately in the neighbourhood of these falls is quite a paradise, and is too well known not to render further description tedious.

Upon quitting Scotland I stopped for a few days at Rugby, in Warwickshire, to revisit the scenes in which the years of my boyhood had been passed. My reader has, no doubt, tasted of this tranquil, I had almost said melancholy gratification. Like me he has perhaps quitted the hurly-burly of life, to trace his name on some favourite tree, pleased to fancy that respect for his character had left it unobliterated, to hear the sound of the old school-bell, to cap verses upon the well-known bench, to spread a veil of oblivion over the darker days of existence, to

wrap himself up in the past, and endeavour to be again the thoughtless happy schoolboy. I was much gratified to find that this distinguished seminary is rapidly recovering its former celebrity, under the firm and able management of its present learned and amiable head master, Dr. Wooll. With this gentleman I had the pleasure of revisiting Bilton, about two miles distant, the retired seat of Addison, and felt a secret gratification in observing that the pictures and furniture within, and the grounds without appeared to have experienced no change but what they owed to unsparing Time.

I have now brought to a close my endeavours to delineate the people and the country, which form the principal subject of this volume. I may be charged with rash presumption for having attempted a subject so near home; but I have the pleasure of reflecting that I have spared no pains to be correct; and, where I have erred, I shall be happy to have my errors pointed out. In taking leave of my reader, I have only to regret that my powers of execution have not been more answerable to my design.

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