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Excerpt from Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland <p>The present edition of this work has been thoroughly revised, and its information has been carefully brought up to date. <p>The general characteristics of Scottish Scenery are so well known by numerous and popular descriptions both by pen and pencil, from the great works of Sir Walter Scott and of Turner down to the more modern charming sketches of William Black and Sam Bough, that it would be superuous here to enlarge upon their peculiar interest and beauty. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.