Descriptive account of the principal towns in Scotland

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the first masters. His present Grace has added to
the collection many valuable specimens of the Art,
besides a considerable number of Cabinets, Vases,
&c, of great beauty and value. There Is also a
marble statue of Venus Genetrix, dug from the ruins
of Herculaneum, purchased by the late Duke when
on his travels. The park and pleasure-grounds are
extensive.
In the middle of the park, and on a rock overhang-
ing the west bank of the Avon, stand the ruins of
Cadzow Castle, the ancient manor-house, when the
district was known by the name of Cadzow. It re-
tained this name till it was given to Sir Gilbert de
Hamilton by King Robert the Bruce, who gave it
the name of Hamilton. Opposite to these ruins, on
the other side of the Avon, is a building, said to be
a model of the Castle of Chatelherault in Normandy,
from which the family of Hamilton have the title of
Duke of Chatelherault, conferred originally upon
James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, the Regent, during
the minority of James the Sixth. The park contains
some of the stateliest oaks in Scotland, and is well
stocked with Fallow-deer, and with cattle of the an -
cient Caledonian breed. A little below Cadzow are
the remains of Barncluith, affording a beautiful pro-
spect of the wooded banks of the Avon, and a rare
specimen of the terraced style of gardening in the pure
Dutch fashion.
A fine square of extensive and elegant Barracks
for Cavalry, stands about a quarter of a mile from the
Town, on the road to Glasgow.
Hamilton was long famed for the Spinning of Linen