a river of Scotland, rising from a lake of the same name in Badenoch, and, after a serpentine course of 76 miles, passes by Rothes castle, and falls into the German sea at Garnoch near Elgin. Mr Pennant tells us, that the Spey is a dangerous neighbour to Cattle Gordon, overflowing frequently in a dreadful manner, as appears by its ravages far beyond its banks. The bed of the river is wide and full of gravel, and the channel very shifting. In 1746 the duke of Cumberland passed this river at Belly church, near Cattle Gordon, when the channel was so deep as to take an officer, from whom