Ossian Collection > Journey to the western islands of Scotland

A JOURNEY TO THE
B A M F R
We dined this day at the houfe of Mr.
Frazer of Streichton^ who fhewed us in his
grounds fome ftones yet ftanding of a
druidical circle, and what I began to think
more worthy of notice, fome foreft trees
of full growth.
At night we came to BamfF, where I
remember nothing that particularly claimed
my attention. The ancient towns of Scot-
land have generally an appearance unufual
to Englifhmen. The houfes, whether great
or fmall, are for the moft part built of
ftones. Their ends are now and then next
the ftreets, and the entrance into them is
very often by a flight of fteps, which reaches
up to the fecond ftory. The floor which is
level with the ground being entered only
by (lairs defcending within the houfe.
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