Banff is one of the neatest and most elegant towns that I have seen in Scotland. It is
pleasantly situated on the side of a hill, sloping from the sea, though close to it; it is sufficiently
sheltered from the sharpest winds. The streets are straight and broad. I believe it may be
esteemed the fifth, if not the fourth, town in the kingdom. The county, quite from Banff to
Keith, is the best peopled of any I have seen in Scotland. This is chiefly, if not entirely, owing
to the late Earl of Findlater. He was indefatigable in doing good, took pains to procure industrious men from all parts and to provide such little settlements for them as enabled them
to live with comfort.
The Journal of John Wesley
The Journal of John Wesley
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