. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . the Cawdor Thane. Macbeth flourished about .\.i). 1040:the castle was erected in 1464 ; and the scene of Duncans assassinationwas probably Rothgouanan (the .Smiths dwelling), in the neighbourhoodof Elgin. From Ciiwdor, a pleasantdrive of six miles along thebroad valley of the Nairnleads to the town at themouth of the river, also calledNairn. This town is veryancient : at one time theburgh was intersected by the11 ighland boundary, a factwhich James the First (ofEngland, of Scotland)humorously expressed beforesome of his London courtiers :
. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . the Cawdor Thane. Macbeth flourished about .\.i). 1040:the castle was erected in 1464 ; and the scene of Duncans assassinationwas probably Rothgouanan (the .Smiths dwelling), in the neighbourhoodof Elgin. From Ciiwdor, a pleasantdrive of six miles along thebroad valley of the Nairnleads to the town at themouth of the river, also calledNairn. This town is veryancient : at one time theburgh was intersected by the11 ighland boundary, a factwhich James the First (ofEngland, of Scotland)humorously expressed beforesome of his London courtiers : I have a toune in auld Scotland where the folk at tanc end canna understand the language spokenat tither end—the Gaelic here, the broad Scotch there ! The grassyand sandy beach of Nairn is unsurpassed, we should think, for bathingpurposes, while the great golf course is a rival to that of .St. Andrews,containing the complement of eighteen holes, and a walk, in all, of abouttwo miles. There is also a museum of remarkable interest, containing. Mouth uv Harbour in the Flood of 1S29. Shakspearc, Macbeth, Act i. sc. 6. 158 SCOTTISH PICTURES. minerals from the neighbourhood, and a rich collection of local , travellers from the South in search of a pleasant and healthyresting-place could hardly do better than take up their quarters at Nairn ;the highest charm of which will ever lie in the clear freshness of its air, aswell as in the charms of the beautiful Moray Firth, with the distant viewof Ben Wyvis rising grandly to the west, beyond the Black Isle and thehead of Cromarty Firth. It may be added, as a further encouragement tovisit this fascinating place, that Nairn, according to the statistics of the .-f.:.; m
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