ANALYSIS OF PART I.
Invocation—Inscription of the poem to Lady Hyndford—Rise of Clyde—Address to Tweed and Annan—Lead-mines—Flocks—Morning—Shepherd life, in these districts, compared with that of Arcadia—Bagbie, Lamington, Lockhart-hall, with allusions to family history—Appearance of the different kinds of grain—Clyde compared to Britannia's king surrounded by his vassals—The Sower—Dangers to which the seed is exposed—Generation of Insects—Mowers—Reapers—Tinto.—Douglas Castle—Legend concerning it—Origin of the Clan Douglas—Origin of Somerville—Falls of the Clyde—Lanark—Peaceful regulations of Kenneth—Death of the wife of Wallace by Hazelrig—Allusion to the battle of Agricola and Galgacus—Lockhart—Stonebyres—Origin of the family of Vere—Appearances of forest and fruit trees—Music of birds—Noon—Thunder-storm—Craignethan—Dalserf—Dalziel—Avondale—Chattelherault—Hamilton—Account of the family of Hamilton—Fox-hunting—Stag-hunting—Spawning of salmon—Scotish bison—Bothwell, the ancient seat of the Murrays—Allusion to the battle of Bothwell-bridge—Calder—Woodhall, the seat of Campbell of Isla.
