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RAG.777.107
20 Nov 1777:21,22 (45)
From the Morning Chronicle.
Peterhead, The Bath of Scotland. A very great concourse of
nobility and gentry are here this season. The public
amusements are polite, rural and picturesque; . . . We have
formed a select, private party, who exhibit the favourite
pieces of the drama, and every week we have rural balls on
the model of Caledonian simplicity. A very large green,
beautifully laid out with the variegated decorations of
luxuriant nature, is the scene of our display. An
occasional cartoon, elegantly painted, protects us from a
shower, and here, illuminated by the silver tresses of the
moon, the radiancy of the charms of our ladies, and the
fainter assistance of the mechanic, "in social glee we heat
the velvet earth, and in wild measures lead the dance of
joy." In these fresco amusements we aim all to appear in
the native simplicity of Caledonia; the Tartan is the most
fashionable dress, and the first of our nobility have done
honour to themselves, by appearing in the antient garb of
their country. The Duke and Duchess of Gordon, Lord and
Lady Errol, Lord Fife, Lord Forbes, Lord Buchain. Lord Adam
Gordon, and many others of the nobility, are the supporters
of this elegant entertainment; they all appear in their
Highland plaids and sillabegs.
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