THE LOUNGE R. Α PERIODICAL PAPER, PUBLISHED AT EDINBURGH IN THE YEARS 1785 and 1786. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. III. THE FOURTH EDITION. LONDON: Printed for A. STRAHAN, and T. CADELL in the Strand; MDCCLXXXVIII. Lounges NCA THE LOUNGE R. N° 70. SATURDAY, June 3, 1786. To the AUTHOR of the LOUNGER. SIR, A FTER a refidence of many years in the fouthern part of this land, hufinefs concurring with the natural defire one has of revisiting one's native country, induced me to make a journey to Scotland in the beginning of laft autumn. As I travelled on horseback, with a single servant attending me, I was tempted frequently to ftrike out of the common road, for the purpose of enjoying fome of those romantic scenes with which the northern counties of England abound. One evening about funfet, after traverfing a part of the country, of great beauty, but of a wild and uncultivated afpect, I entered fuddenly a narrow valley, where every VOL. III. thing B |