Excerpt from The Works of Alexander Pennecuik, Esq., Of New-Hall, M.D: Containing the Description of Tweeddale, and Miscellaneous Poems Natural Historian, Geographer, and Physician, to Charles the Second, had received a royal command to compose a general description of the whole kingdom, and a particular history of the different counties of Scot land. In consequence of this order, in 1684, appeared his Scotia Illustrata and his Descriptions of Fifi and Kinross, ' and of Linlitlzgow and Stirling, in 1710. From these seem to have sprung the Description of Tweeddale, by Dr Pennecuik, and Mr Forbes, as hinted at in its Dedication to William Earl ofmarc/z. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.