lieved, that the warm bath would accelerate a morbidly slow pulse. The respiration is generally rendered slow and regular, unless in the few cases where a child or very weak nervous person has gone into the bath with reluctance and fear. The general tendency, however, is to render both the pulse and the respiration slow, full, and regular.

5. An increase of strength, mobility, and agility, is commonly very sensible after coming out of the bath: and these advantages, together with a greater power of resisting cold, often continue for several days. In rare instances the sensibility to cold has seemed to be increased for a short time; but this was never observed to happen, unless when the bath was below the proper temperature for that person at that time. Nothing was more common, than that a person, who was unable to come to the bath but in a chair, should walk home from it easily on his feet. And its strengthening power is so well established by experience, that it is not unusual for a person going to set out on a long cold ride or walk, or other hard exertion, to use the warm bath immediately before.

Other instances might be mentioned with regard to the salutary effects of the warm bath on the body, but as they are evidently deducible from the foregoing sensible effects, it seems unnecessary. From what has been stated, it is obvious the warm bath opens a vast store of salutary resources in a great variety of morbid states of the body.

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.

Circulating Libraries.

Peterhead Circulating Library, Broadstreet, belonging to Mr. Mortimer, contains about 1200 volumes; the terms of subscription are, for a year, 12s.-half a year, 7s. a quarter, 4s.-a month, 2s.-and 1d. per diem for any volume under 5s.

Peterhead Subscription Circulating Library was established about 16 years ago by a few individuals, for the laudable purpose of disseminating knowledge among the lower classes of society: each person, on becoming a subscriber, paid L.1, and the money arising from reading subscribers to be appro priated for the purchase of new books. The

terms of subscription are, for a year, 5s.--half a year, 3s.-a month, 1s. It is a pity such a laudable institution should not receive more encouragement: we understand it is about to be given up.

Reading Society, established in 1808, and is supported by the annual contribution of one guinea each from members: this money is applied to the purchase of new books. This library contains about 300 volumes, amongst which are many well selected and valuable books.

Inns, Hotels, Taverns, &c.

Of these the principal are the Crown Inn, Milne; Plough Tavern and Hotel, Jaffray; Ship Tavern, Newbound. These afford excellent accommodation and entertainment : the Crown Inn contains 22 bed-rooms, and 7 public rooms; the Plough Tavern and Hotel contains 18 bed-rooms, and 7 public rooms. Besides these there are a great number of public-houses, several of which afford good accommodation, both for lodging and entertainment.

Lodging houses are numerous, and some of them elegantly fitted up for strangers, who

frequent this place during the bathing season. Peterhead can accommodate about 2000 persons, besides its own inhabitants.

RUINS AND ANTIQUITIES IN PETERHEAD, AND ITS VICINITY.

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The ruins of two castles, both of which were once the property of the Marischal family, are still to be seen in Peterhead: one of them was situated on the Keith-inch, and was used as a granary a few years ago; the other, which appears to have been of a more ancient date, was situated at the North end of the Longate, and the corner of Brooklane, where part of it is still to be seen. the vicinity there are several ruins, the most. remarkable of which is Ravenscraig it is said to bave been erected about the ninth century, by one of the Marischal family. It is situated on the South side of the river Ugie, and appears to have been a place of considerable strength, and, before the use of fire arms, may have been considered impregnable, as there is evident appearance of the river having been carried round it;

fied.

and the walls are very thick, and well fortiThe revolutions which this ancient edifice has undergone are beautifully de-. scribed in the following lines.

A KEITH this ancient structure rear'd,

Which Ravenscraig he styl'd,

Prophetic of its future state,

For there the Ravens build.

"Twas long the pride of yonder plain,
The gaze of vulgar eye;
Oft lodg'd the dauntless warrior tir'd,
Oft heard the lover sigh.

But all-devouring time at length

His ruthless hand apply'd,

With iron clench he seiz'd the walls
Which wintry winds defy'd.

Not distant far another stands,
From Ugie draws its name,
Of equal age, in ruins too,

And equal, too, in fame.

The other Castle alluded to in the above. lines is Inverugie, which stands on the opposite side of the river; it was built by the Cheynes, but afterwards, by intermarriages, became the property of Earl Marischal. The lower part of the building is now converted, into a Brew-house.

These ruins, together with the Ugie, and some plantations lately made by Mr. Fergu