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34 A JOURNEY TO THE
In Aberdeen there is an Englifh chapel,
in which the congregation was numerous
and fplendid. The form of pubHc wor-
ship ufed by the church of England is in
Scotland legally pradifed in licenfed cha-
pels ferved by clergymen of Englifh or
Iriih ordination, and by tacit connivance
quietly permitted in feparate congregations
fupplied with minifters by the fucceflbrs
of the bilhops who were deprived at the
Revolution.
We came to Aberdeen on Saturday Au-
guft 2 1. On Monday we were invited into
the town-hall, where I had the freedom of
the city given me by the Lord Provoft.
The honour conferred had all the de-
corations that politenefs could add, and
what I am afraid I Ihould not have had to
fay of any city fouth of the Tweed, I
found no petty officer bowing for a fee.
Tlie
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