I will carefully attend to what you write
about Mr Hope.

The Kindness of Mr Brett is truly re-
markable, &and what I cannot enough prize,
&and be thankful for. With hearty thanks for
his friendly &and unmerited Remembrance,
may all things good &and happy attend him
&and his Family. I hope, to make a proper
Use of his Present.

Mr. Pennant, when lately at Alloa-House
in his Second Tour, was told by Mr Erskine
of Alloa, that there was a Hill, only a-
bout 3 Miles distant, from the top of qchwhich,
not only the best View in Scotland, but
likewise one of the best Views in Eu-
rope, was to be had. “O no! said Pen-
nant, “I am in such a haste, such a hurry,
“at present, that I cannot go to see it.”
“Why, said Mr Erskine, you shall have a
“good Horse from me, &and I will ride a-
“long with you; &and we can return in about
“two Hours.” No; nothing could prevail.
Mr. Erskine told this in the House of
Touche, where Tom Bowdler was pre-
sent; from whom I had it; &and who has con-
ceived a very sorry notion of Mr Pen-
nant from this Narrative. Now, this Hill
is that of Myat, one of the Montes O-
celli, or Ochil-Hills; at the Foot of qchwhich
is the Dwelling-House of Mr Spittle of
Leuchat, who died not long ago, aged
about 100. This same Gentleman, as he
frequently told, when at his Travels in
Italy, was conducted, with other Gentle- 1981 (1981)
Gentlemen, to the top of a high Hill
for the sake of a fine View, which
he was highly commending, when One of
the Company, a Foreigner, said, “It is in-
“deed a fine View; but I once saw a much
“finer One.” “Where?” said a Gentle-
man. “In Scotland.” This awakened yethe
Attention of Leuchat, who asked, “Pray,
“in what place of Scotland, Sir?” “ The
“Hill of Myat.” When Leuchat used to
tell the Story, he never failed to say,
“This was my own Hill; but I think, I
“kept mine own Secret; for, to my shame
“be it spoke, I had never been on the
“top of it. However, I no sooner re-
“turned home, than I went to the top
“of it, before I crossed my own Thresh-
“old; &and indeed there was no Compari-
“son!” — “Judge now of Pennant.”