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68 JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN SCOTLAND
Walter Thorn in two volumes. After dinner
Mr Gibb (who superintended the improve-
ments in the harbour here) called, and walked
with us to the Marischals College. The
tower is remarkable for a flat roof, raised
to serve as an observatory, till it is brought
to a level with the top of the three chimnies
of the building, which rise side by side, close
to the tower. We then went along a poor
part of the city, and a road which was neither
thro' town nor country, but a dirty mixture
of both — as far as the Old Town. The King's
College is a curious building — that part of
it which contains the Chapel and Library.
The tower is low, and has a fine specimen
of the Scottish Crown resembling that at
Newcastle, but (if I may trust my recollection
at ten years' distance) suiting the building
better. Farther on is part of the Old
Cathedral, perhaps a third of the original
edifice, in good condition. i This also is a
singular pile, and unlike any which I can
call to mind. It has two low spires over
the west end ; and a square window divided
by slender stone pillars into a great many
long and narrow slips. We did not go into
any of these buildings waiting for R.'s return ;
he who is a good companion at all times,