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towards Lord Breadalbane's gate. The inn and its appendages take up the chief of the northern row, between which and the church-yard a road winds down to the bridge; a beautiful one of five arches over the Tay, as it issues from the lake. The church and church-yard are on the very brink of the lake; but not a tree immediately about them. On my arrival at the inn, as it was a fine day, I directly got a conductor, and proceeded to see the beauties of Taymouth. My search was not for what is to be seen in the interior of fine houses; for when one has seen half a dozen, they are in a manner all seen; I therefore refused to run over the house at Taymouth, determining, all the time I had to spare, should be dedicated to the out-of-door beauties. Very soon after I entered the pleasure ground, nearest the inn, I arrived by a verdant bank at Maxwell's Temple; a very neat room, with a green platform before it, otherwise it is surrounded and nearly covered by trees and shrubs. In it was a large prospect glass, with a blackground on a moveable stand; it (like all other glasses of the kind) diminishes, and sharpens every part of the landscape; and at the same time mellows down every object to the softest tone. I