Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-12-08

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TIC stau 90. on iatcns ,5.a"- nyG =.
nlmos, perpcndicularly a crumbling crag-
now dragging my path through thick field
of blooming hcather-now leaping rivulct
that capcrrd down the mountain-now wad-
ina 4 muddy bog-now slipping on moss
concealed stone, and measuring my length on
the sides OF towering Ben, who cast his eye
down some 600 feet to laugh at my s,rug-
giles Then think Of the poetry hanging in
mis-, around The heads Of the mountains, which
peeped over each others shoulders as we as
cended--and OF
The FURNISHED sheet Of living gold,
Lock Katrine, that beneath us rolled
and OF the the torn boots and sprained ANGLE
and Of the wild goats which scsmpered nlmbly
away, q, our approach, in sheer mockery of
our ilmpings-and the dash ofraln that slak-
ed its thirst in our garments when we rested a
momen, by the side of the sacrifcial rock
and of the perspiraiion gushing from every
pore,-O, it was the very eifcr vescence OF TO-
nance Aher a heightened contest Benja-
min yielded, and then the prospect! II may
be seen, but not described On three sides Of
the wide panorama were mount aims rolled on
mountains, and cfags piled on crags, in s,udi-
ed confusion, over which the eye wandered till
their rugged peaks melted into the haze OF the
distant horizon. The peerless Ben Lomond
confronted US at the southwest, bearing up
the rim OF the heavens on his broad shoulders.
A. the north stood the scarcely less lofty Ben
Voirlich, once the dwelling place Of Rob Roy,
and at whose base the outlaw sleeps sound
" among 'rhe braes o'Balquidder." Near it
Ben Lcdi lifted his tuited brow, overlooking
Coilan,ogle Ford, where
Fierce Roderick felt the fatal drain,
And showered his blowslike win,ry rain.
The eastern portion ofthe picture was border
ed by the Ochill mountains, beyond which the
Grampian Hills traced ali uneven fringe on
the fainter blue Of the sky. The day was Pc
culiarly favorable for seeing this grand specta-
Gle in all its glory. The brilliant sun was
frequently obscured for brief space by small
clouds driven fieetly across the heavens by a
strong wind. The ligh, and shade were cha
sing each other rapidly over the SUBMITS OF
the mountains, alternately clothing them with
brightness and gloom. Now the brow of Ben
Led glowed with golden rsdiance and then
Il was shrouded with pail OF darkness. Soon,
Ben Yoirlioh caught the fire, which, quivered
on its peak, fitted over the glen Of Loeb Ka-
trine to light on the rook-alters on the top OF
Ben Lomond. A, one moment, the long range
OF The 0chills were covered with heavy black
eaimenis--in the next, they stood dressed in
living green. A shadow would sometimes
start a, one side of the landscape and ny with
the speed Of the courser 10 the opposite ex-
IRENE, leaping from cIag TO crag with wild
ness that startled while it delighted This
would be followed by CLEAN of vivid light,
as the sun shone through crevice in the
clouds, which, running across the picture like
a stream Of molie n gold, would dar up the
aide OF the mountain, and, playing IN instant
on It's top, glance sthwart lodges of rock to
another summit, and another, I'LL it quenched
its brightness in a distant glen. Often, the
top ola mountain would be clothed with sun
shine halt way 10 its base, while the residue
was developed in shade. Then again, the
light and darkness would hang around the
bills in long waving festoons, extending from
their heads TO the feet. A heavy cloud would
occasionally cross the suns disk, and cover
the whole scene with a thick brown curtain
The breeze would rend it in ribbons and scat
ter down profusion OF light and shade, here
soft, there intense, which, as it danced over
The variegaied peaks and ridges, slrkinqly
sesembled The ysgaries the Aurora Borealis
an its widest moods.
The Lowland prospect was scarcely less
extensive and Inviting. At the southeast
stretched the broad plain or Cdrye OF Stirling,
whose cultivated fields, eheckered with yell
low grain and green meadows. con,ras,ed
beautifully with the stern grandeur OF the
Highlands. The eye slid gradually down
the sides OF the mountains into this sofened
~sle-now watching the smoke as il cured
from the ohlmneys Of the diminuiiye farm.
eo,tsges-now tracing the Indigenous, which
In the distance, resembled inky lines drawn
on an unrolled map, and now following the
conrse OF the Forth, whose winnings shown
under the beams OF the sun like the folds of a
glitiering serpent After resting moment on
the towers Of Surfing Castle, 80 miles away
the vision iraversed the valley OF the Fort
towards EdenbuTgh, CHANGING now at the felc
ofBannockburn-,hen al the ruins Of Doun,
Css,le-now a, the DARK walls Of Lnliihgow
Palace, ull u lost its way, where the Pentlan.
Hills mingle their blue submits with IN,
clouds
Nor were nearer objects less attractive 40,
interesting. Below " lay Loeb kstrne, nov
dwindled 10 pool, and sleeping like an IN
FAINT Al the feet Of giant seniiDels, while IA
rays ofthe declining sun were lingering ,
dance and play on iis polished bosom r
lens Island seemed little taft Of grass floa
ing on its surface; and The Tfos1chs, whic
htss,le heroely when you are among thea
covered obsequ,o0sly under the shadow ,
thar master Ben-senoe. Loeb AohTay Iepo,
% 81 . rs<pscifsl distance below her moi