The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-07-28
From The u. S. Literary Ga=eite.
A RESIDENCE IN GLASGOW
DIR. CmALMERs AND MR. IRNINr.

DIR. CHALMERS AND MR.. IRVINE
M Dear FrieRd,--I have at last
found leisure IN redeem nv promise
Of giving yon an account of my visit
To the " commercial metropolis" oi
Scotland. On the thirtieth morning
after leaving New York. We caught
a glimpse ol the blue hills of ireland,
and inhaled the strong fumes Of her
turf fires. lie od0dr was not quite
50 grateful as that you are RECALLED
with from the young pine-treea. as
YOU approach our own Southern
coasts but it came fresh from the
land and that was enough 10 give
IL zest To those who had not seen
the green earth for a whole month.
The day VAS fine, but calm. To-
wards evening, however, a breeze
sprung up; and before VIC went
10 sleep We could discern the roc
Ky aud naked hills Of the Western
Isles.
10 the American traveller ap-
preaching the western coasts OF
! Scotland, the most striking feature
ot the country. is the bare and desc.
late aspect of the surface. As he
sails up the Clyde, he sees here and
there romantic spot which city opu-
lence hhs appropriated forthe site eta
villa, and the enjoyment OF health or
OF Incidence. On drawing near to
the " quays" Of Crecu0fk he is
struck with a few OF the PECULIAR
ties Of aud Scotland draught- hor-
ses of-bteons, disproportioned make,
with legs thick enough to he split up
into a double set for any American
quadrapcd Of the same Kind a pro
fuse disPia, of bare feet and ankles,
on the part Of the women ana chill
dren on the harf, Che ankles of TIE
former remarkable for their doric
air of massiyencss, strength, aud du-
rablIity and " though last, not
least" the marsh accents Of the ma
tional dialect, growing along the
line OF idlcrs, inquirers and porters.
that forms All animated margin to
tie quay.
4 steamboat passage succeeded,
and brought me L Glasgow 10 few
hours. 1t Was Sautoay Afternoon,
when | arrived. bad barely time
to enjoy one noble view, as hurried
along to my boar ding house, or
:. lodgings" as the Scotch call it.
] he view ! have mentioned, is that
which, all at once presents itself 10
you, Oh entering the principal street
Of the city, alter you come up from
the silver. have been you know in
many - farre couutiie," and have
seen many fine city but the view
from the west end of Argyll street
eastward TO Irongate street Of this
city. if taken on a summer afternoon
whilst little shade yet falls on the
south side, is one OF the NEST stri
king have ever seen. The street
| is very vide /; and to the ter0lina-
ting point of your view, about mile
lung. II you stand in the western
part Of the street you have before
YOU a history 81 the architectural
taste of successive ages. Near you
are the neat, but comparatively
slight. fabrics OF modern days Tar
ther eastward, the air oil the blldInSs
becomes more and more ancient and
venerable, Till yonr eye rests Oh the
suire Of the Iron church, on the
one hand ana that OIL 'he Oh
Iolbooth on the othef' nc mass
of stone of every shape ana hue ana
the grotcs1ne aspect oil some Oh thc
time-worn edlfces III the eastern emo
OF the street. are lie" anu SUMMING
objects to The eye OF an American