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206 I will mention: the daughter of an inhabitant of Atholl, having been placed at one of the first boarding schools in Edinburgh, was seized with a violent fever; her father was sent for, as she was thought in great danger; and upon his arrival, being told his child was at the point of death, and that every thing the physicians could do for her had been done, without effect; he earnestly exclaimed, "but has she had any Atholl broze?" "No." He then had a good dose of it instantly prepared, and making her swallow it, she soon recovered.

I only saw a very small part of Glen Bruar, namely, its fall of water out of the Glen, which is reckoned very fine; and though the sides are very bare, it certainly is so. The great number and variety of smaller falls, extending all the way down from the high fall to the houses in the town of Bruar, are very pretty; and one in particular is extremely curious, the water having perforated the rock, and made itself an arch through which it tumbles in a very picturesque style. I first went on the east-side of the water, in a small carriage, to see the high fall; but the lesser falls are to be seen on the west-side; and a fine scrambling walk it is, over fragments of