Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . ./..-^ ^: V< A -[. 163 HIGHLANDS OF PERTHSHIRE. Among all the provinces in Scotland, if an intelligentstranger were asked to describe the most varied and the mostbeautiful, it is probable he would name the county of native, also, of any other district of Caledonia, though hispartialities might lead him to prefer his native county in thefirst instance, would certainly class that of Perth in the second,and thus give its inhabitants a fair right to plead, that—prejudice apart—Perthshire forms the fairest portion of thenorthern kingdom. It
Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . ./..-^ ^: V< A -[. 163 HIGHLANDS OF PERTHSHIRE. Among all the provinces in Scotland, if an intelligentstranger were asked to describe the most varied and the mostbeautiful, it is probable he would name the county of native, also, of any other district of Caledonia, though hispartialities might lead him to prefer his native county in thefirst instance, would certainly class that of Perth in the second,and thus give its inhabitants a fair right to plead, that—prejudice apart—Perthshire forms the fairest portion of thenorthern kingdom. It is long since Lady INIary WortleyMontague, with that excellent taste which characterises herwritings, expressed her opinion, that the most interestingdistrict of every country, and that which exhibits the variedbeauties of natural scenery in greatest perfection, is that wherethe mountains sink down upon the champaign, or more levelland. The most picturesque, if not the highest hills, are alsoto be found in the county of Perth. The r
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