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A DESCRIPTION OF
CHAPTER XV.
Bothwell Castle—Hamilton—Clyde River—Stone Biers Force, a grand Fall of the Clyde.—Lanerk—Lee Place—Lee Penny—great Oak Tree—Carstairs House—Boniton—Falls of Clyde, called Boniton Falls, and Corie Lin.—Cotton Works—Borronauld—Cartland Crags—Douglas Mill Inn—Douglas Castle—Elvan Foot—Moffat—Annandale.
I left Glasgow as soon as possible, and proceeded towards Hamilton, stopping at Bothwell Castle, where, by a rich feast of beauty and nature, I forgot the din of Glasgow, its pride, its wealth, and worldly ways; forgot my sleepless night; even hunger too (for I had not breakfasted) gave way to the delight the scenes of Bothwell afforded me. What a lovely walk is that by the river's side! How picturesque the ruin, and the wood! How enchanting the scene from the windows of the house! No drawback, except in a few spots; a little, and but very little of the slime of the Nature dressers, who shave too neatly for
