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found it to be safe, with care, and some degree of activity.

At Lanark there is a new, very clean inn.

Whilst at Lanark you must see Lee Place, Cartland Crags, and walk up the bed of the River Mouse, running through them, if the water be not too high.

Also see Carstairs House, Boniton, and the falls of Clyde there. The Corie Lin is best seen on Lady Ross's side of the river. The Boniton falls, about a mile above Corie Lin, may be seen best on the Corie side; but if you cannot get to Corie, do not fail to go beyond the square stone building erected by Lady Ross, for the purpose of viewing the Boniton falls; for to see those falls in perfection you must get close to them. They are three falls together. Some people prefer the beauty of Boniton falls to that of Corie Lin. Get down to Wallace's Seat over the Lin, and creep to a part of the river, a little above the Lin, so narrow that a dexterous leaper might, from rock to rock, skip over it. See also Mr. Dale's cotton works. By walking from those works to Boniton, and back again, which is not much more than half a mile, and beauti-