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44 JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN SCOTLAND
bane's house and park, and of the fine valley
of the Tay. Aberfeldy is a place which might
properly be called Aberfilthy, for marvellously
foul it is. You enter thro' a beggarly street,
and arrive at a dirty inn. A sort of square,
or market place has been lately built, so that
mean as the village or townlet is, it seems to
be thriving. The Burn of Moness passes
thro' the place, and falls into the Tay near it ;
there are some falls upon this burn, which
when the streams are full should be among
the videnda of this part of the country. Near
Aberfeldy is a bridge over the Tay, built by
General Wade ; but creditable neither to the
skill nor taste of the architect. It resembles
that at Blenheim, the middle arch being made
the principal feature. At a distance it looks
well, but makes a wretched appearance upon
close inspection. There are four unmeaning
obelisks upon the central arch, and the parapet
is so high that you cannot see over it. The
foundations also are very insecure, — for we
went into the bed of the river and examined
them.
16j to Dunkeld, the Tay still on our left ;
the Garry joins it with an equal, or perhaps a
larger stream, bringing all the waters from the
north side of the Lion Mountains. Past a