Series 1 > Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760

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CONTENTS.
LETTER XXXI.
Sails to Ratter, Caithness—Sir James Sinclair—John-
o’-Groat’s House—Stroma and Swona Islands —
Piet’s house, ..... 155-158
LETTER XXXII.
Murkle, Earl of Caithness—Sir Patrick Dunbar—Storage
of corn—Thatching houses—Ackergill Tower—
The ruins of Castles Girnigoe and Sinclair—Wick
Church—Lybster—Castle of Dunbeath, . . 158-163
LETTER XXXIII.
The Ord—Berriedale—Navidale—Helmsdale—Minister
of Loth, Mr. MacCulloch—Piets’ Houses, Uagbeg
and Uagmore—Fossils in limestone—Caves in sea-
cliff—Dunrobin Castle—Fishers—Piets’ Castles—
Ancient sea margins—Dornoch—Earl’s Cross—
The Cathedral—The Palace —Receives the freedom
of the Burgh—Cyder Hall—Skibo Castle—Mr.
Mackay, M.P.—Invercarron, . . . 163-169
LETTER XXXIV.
Tain—Offered Freedom of Burgh—St. Duthus’ Church
—Abbey of Feam—Abbot’s monument—Church
roof fell in, 1742—Story of Minister’s escape—Mr.
MacLeod of Geanies —Mr. MacLeod of Cadboll—
Large Collection of Coins—Remarkable earthen
pyramid—Monument at Shandwick—Shell bed
near Ankerville—Cromarty House, Tarbet—Balna-
gown Castle—Resemblance of Cromarty headland
to Mount Olivet, ..... 169-176