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164 tongs, and poker from a fire-place in a room, at Ochtertyre, five miles from Comrie.

The next place I noticed was Lawers house, on the north bank of the Earn, well wooded, and surrounded by many noble old trees. On its back-ground are very fine rising hills, which, at the time I was there, were rendered strikingly gay and beautiful by a great quantity of whins or furze, and broom, in full luxuriant bloom, intermixed with plantations, and large masses of rock. Through the whole of this district the houses of the lower class of people are remarkably neat; and I was pleased to see potatoe stems in blossom on every bit of waste bank. To do justice to the beauties of Ochtertyre, two miles from Crieff, requires a far abler pen than mine:—but thus far I can say, the approach to it is lovely; and by the variety of ground, woods, lake, and western boundary of the sublime and picturesque hills around Loch Earn, it is rendered one of the most enchanting spots in Britain. In the woods are two falls of the water of Turret, from Loch Turret. The first and the highest fall is rendered the most beautiful by the scenery about it, which is strikingly picturesque; in short, every thing, both