The traveller will find his curiosity particularly gratified in traversing the Highlands of Scotland. Icolmkill, though visited by many, and though there are some accounts of it, with drawings, both in manuscript and in print, ought not to be omitted.—Roslin and Hawthornden should by no means be overlooked. Plates may be copied from Sletzer’s _Theatrum_ _Scotiæ_, Gordon’s _Itinerarium Septentrionale_, and the Master of Elphinston’s plates of Edinburgh. Keith’s Map of the Frith of Forth, and Bryce’s Map of the north coast of Britain, from Row Stoir of Assynt to Wick in Caithness, &c., may prove very useful; as may Straloch’s Maps, though not easily to be had. But there are many noble find landscapes, which I have not seen any draught of, as from Drummond Castle, the top of the hill of Myat, one of the _Montes Ocelli_, from Stirling-castle, from Arthur-seat, Hopeton-house, Inveresk, &c. If the author has a knowledge in drawing, these may be easily done. A map of Scotland prefixed to this work, with a preliminary discourse, giving a concise, geographical description of the country, of its monarchy, the changes made, first, by the union of the two crowns, usurpation of Cromwell, then by the restoration, revolution, and union of the two kingdoms, could not fail to be acceptable to the inquisitive and candid reader. But the greatest care should be taken to stand clear of all party-work, either in religion or politics, because such peculiarities will disgust some readers, and thereby effectually condemn the work, be its merit otherwise ever so great. Many helps may be had to compile such an useful and entertaining performance: such as Maitland’s History of Scotland; his History of Edinburgh; Guthrie’s History of Scotland; Gordon’s Itinerarium Septentrionale; Chamberlain’s Present State; The Tour through Britain, vol. 4; Martin’s History of the Isles; Macaulay’s ditto of St Kilda; Sacheverell’s Voyage to Icolmkill; History of Orkney, now to be published by Coke; Sibbald’s History of Fife; Sir John Dalrymple’s Late Memoirs; Moyes’s Tour; Pennant’s Tour, &c. One that has made some trips into the Highlands of Scotland, depictures them in the following manner: