Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760 . l came in four long miles toCouper, finely situated on the riverEden, which is formed by severalstreams rising to the West andNorthwest beyond Falkland : Andfrom the hill I saw a most gloriousprospect of a very rich vale to theWest, in wJiich we had a view ofthe Earl of Levens Seat with fineplantations about four miles dis-tant. Couper is a small town inwhich there are about 2000 Souls,who chiefly subsist by shops andMarketts for Cattle Corn &c. andit is the hifjh road from Dundeeto Edinburgh : They have a hand-some Market house and Cross,^ anda good parish
Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760 . l came in four long miles toCouper, finely situated on the riverEden, which is formed by severalstreams rising to the West andNorthwest beyond Falkland : Andfrom the hill I saw a most gloriousprospect of a very rich vale to theWest, in wJiich we had a view ofthe Earl of Levens Seat with fineplantations about four miles dis-tant. Couper is a small town inwhich there are about 2000 Souls,who chiefly subsist by shops andMarketts for Cattle Corn &c. andit is the hifjh road from Dundeeto Edinburgh : They have a hand-some Market house and Cross,^ anda good parish Church with a gal-lery at the top of the tower, andanother about half-way up theSpire: The Castle hill is at theSouth East side of the town: Atthe foot of this hill was the Do-minican Convent founded bv theAlacduffs Earls of Fife ; But it wasannexed to St. Monan the fineChapel being first much Destroyed :There are no remains of anvthing belonging to this ^Monastery :There is a Nonjuring Congregation here wjiich is pretty Tower on the Angle of the Church Wallat Darisy. ^ Subsequently removed to the top of the hill of Wemyss See Billings Baronial and Eccles. Antiq. Scot., 1845-52, vol. 2()6 TOlR THROUGH SCOTLAND, 1760. I took leave of Mr. Lang who had accompanied me, and cameon towards St. Andrews, Sc travelling near the Eden I camein two miles to Darisy, where there is a Castle and a fineChapel near it, wjiich thev told me belonged to CardinalIkthune who built the Chapel. It is a most delightfullsituation on a hanging ground which commands a view of thewindings of the river, of two bridges over it, and of three orfour Gentlemens Seats to the South. The Chapel is builtwith ornamental buttresses between the modern Gothic windows,and with battlements at the top; at the South West Corneran Octagon tower is built on the Wall, and the two battle-ments with stones between the angles to supj)ort it. Theyend in a })oint, every stone Avidening up to the foundation ofthe to
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