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Part of the Cathedral was lately used as
a Kirk, and disgracefully bad it was, as such
kirks usually were wherever the Calvinists of
this country burrowed in the ruins they had
made. The Duke is now fitting it up at
considerable expence, and in good taste — if
we could forget that it is only in plaister
work, and if we could forgive the defacement
of four fine windows, being all which this
inclosed part of the building includes : two
of them are disfigured by galleries, one by the
grand seat of the Athols, and one by the
pulpit. The ruinous part of the edifice is
fine, but there is a crack down the tower
which ought to be repaired in time.
We walked for about two hours in the
grounds, and saw there the first larches which
were planted in Scotland ; a Highlander, one
of the Duke's people, brought them from
London behind him on horse-back, knowing
that his Laird would be pleased with such
a present. They are of great height and
girth ; we measured one which was thirteen
feet in circumference. There are no finer
grounds than these in Great Britain ; the
rides and walks within them are so numerous
and so extensive, that a person who went
over the whole of them would perform a