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Rh very near), the ground on which the memorable battle was fought in 1746.

I was much pleased with the appearance of Inverness, and found it a neat town, charmingly situated: the fine river Ness runs close by it; and it is within a very short distance of the Murray Firth, where there is another ferry to Rosshire. A very good bridge over the Ness leads to that ferry, and to Beauley, and the country of Aird, or Frazer country; and by another road south-west, to the places that lie upon the north-west side of Loch Ness, Glen Urquhart, &c. When I was at Inverness there was not a trace of its ancient castle; some person having lately removed the small remains of its ruin to build offices, or some such thing, for his own convenience:—what an Hottentot! There is at Inverness a provost, or mayor, and twenty-four other magistrates. A judge visits that town twice a year, in his circuit. It was on a Thursday when I entered Inverness. The provost, with the rest of the magistrates, were going in procession through one of the principal streets to church; it being the Thursday preceding the sacrament Sunday. On those Sundays there is always great preaching, both in the church and in the adjacent