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122 was glad to take refuge in the liberty of Holyroodhouse, from whence he could not safely stir, by reason of large debts contracted in England, probably before the French Revolution. A chère amie of the Prince had a house in the park; he made her a visit every morning at eleven o clock, and again at eight in the afternoon, and supped with her. A gentleman of his suite always attended him to her door, and again at his return to his apartment. Monsieur is a fine man in person, and looks far younger than he can be. His manner is very graceful and gracious.

There scarcely can be a finer view than that from the Calton Hill, which rises from the town of Edinburgh. I have never seen the view of Naples, to its Bay, but I am told, those who have seen both, are in doubt to which of the two to give the preference.

The immediate front when on Calton Hill, is to the North, over the flat ground of a mile and a half, between Edinburgh and Leith, enriched by villas, gardens, wood, and fine land; over which is seen the town of Leith; its road, crowded with ships, and the Forth, like an arm of the sea, seven miles broad, flowing from Stirling to the German ocean; with the prodigious mountains of Fife