SCOTLAND A.D. 1803***


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                              RECOLLECTIONS
                                   OF A
                          TOUR MADE IN SCOTLAND
                                A.D. 1803


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                          BY DOROTHY WORDSWORTH

                                * * * * *

                          Edited by J. C. Shairp




CONTENTS.

     DAY                                                          PAGE

          PREFACE                                                   ix

                             First Week.

      1.  Left Keswick--Grisdale--Mosedale--Hesket                   1
          Newmarket--Caldbeck Falls

      2.  Ross Castle--Carlisle--Hatfield--Longtown                  2

      3.  Solway Moss--Enter Scotland--Springfield--Gretna           3
          Green--Annan--Dumfries

      4.  Burns's Grave                                              5

          Ellisland--Vale of Nith                                    7

          Brownhill                                                  8

          Poem to Burns's Sons                                      10

      5.  Thornhill--Drumlanrig--River Nith                         11

          Turnpike House                                            12

          Sportsman                                                 13

          Vale of Menock                                            14

          Wanlockhead                                               15

          Leadhills                                                 18

          Miners                                                    19

          Hopetoun mansion                                          20

          Hostess                                                   20

      6.  Road to Crawfordjohn                                      22

          Douglas Mill                                              28

          Clyde--Lanerk                                             31

          Boniton Linn                                              33

                             Second Week.

      7.  Falls of the Clyde                                        35

          Cartland Crags                                            40

          Fall of Stonebyres--Trough of the Clyde                   43

          Hamilton                                                  44

      8.  Hamilton House                                            45

          Baroncleuch--Bothwell Castle                              48

          Glasgow                                                   52

      9.  Bleaching ground (Glasgow Green)                          53

          Road to Dumbarton                                         55

     10.  Rocks and Castle of Dumbarton                             58

          Vale of Leven                                             62

          Smollett's Monument                                       63

          Loch Achray                                               64

          Luss                                                      67

     11.  Islands of Loch Lomond                                    71

          Road to Tarbet                                            75

          The Cobbler                                               78

          Tarbet                                                    79

     12.  Left Tarbet for the Trossachs                             81

          Rob Roy's Caves                                           82

          Inversneyde Ferryhouse and Waterfall                      83

          Singular building                                         84

          Loch Ketterine                                            86

          Glengyle                                                  88

          Mr. Macfarlane's                                          89

     13.  Breakfast at Glengyle                                     91

          Lairds of Glengyle--Rob Roy                               92

          Burying ground                                            94

          Ferryman's Hut                                            95

          Trossachs                                                 96

          Loch Achray                                              101

          Return to Ferryman's Hut                                 102

                             Third Week.

     14.  Left Loch Ketterine                                      106

          Garrison House--Highland Girls                           107

          Ferryhouse at Inversneyde                                108

          Poem to the Highland Girl                                113

          Return to Tarbet                                         115

     15.  Coleridge resolves to go home                            117

          Arrochar--Loch Long                                      118

          Parted with Coleridge                                    119

          Glen Croe--The Cobbler                                   121

          Glen Kinglas--Cairndow                                   123

     16.  Road to Inverary                                         124

          Inverary                                                 126

     17.  Vale of Arey                                             129

          Loch Awe                                                 134

          Kilchurn Castle                                          138

          Dalmally                                                 139

     18.  Loch Awe                                                 141

          Taynuilt                                                 143

          Bunawe--Loch Etive                                       144

          Tinkers                                                  149

     