Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland

e supposed the best, a dinner was set before us, which we could not eat. This was the first time, and except one, the last, that I found any reason to

. Its whole plot is easily traced. On the north side of the choir, the chapter-house, which is roofed with an arch of stone, remains entire; and on the south

but more shamefully suffered to dilapidate by deliberate robbery and frigid indifference. There is still extant, in the books of the council, an order, of which I cannot remember the date, but which was doubtless issued after the Reformation, directing that the lead, which covers the two cathedrals of Elgin and Aberdeen, shall be taken away, and converted into money for the support of the army. A Scotch army was in those

tion. It seems to be part of the despicable philosophy of the time to despise monuments of sacred magnificence, and we are

them again; and being thus made useless, they were, first neglec

h some of them have since recovered by a situation convenient for commerce. Thus Glasgow, though it has no longer an archbishop, has risen beyond

prominence; so that there is sometimes a walk for a considerable length under a cloister, or portico, which is now indeed frequen