New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-11-13

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what took nv faac most was the oldfashioned gar
den. full! OF old shrubs and new towers, with It's
forus! pare-es IN the shape OF the family arms
and its clipped yew ana box trees Il vas fresh
ION shower and nov Offering snd fragrant II
bright Sunshine.
This afternoon We pursued CUR wsy, passing
through the plantations OF 0chterETe, lar more
charming place to ny taste than Drannaond Castle.
freer and more Various in It's features Five SIX
ofthese fine places lie IN the ne;Ehb0rhood OF Grief
and the traveller may give two or three days to
visiting them with & rich reward Of delight. But
We were pressing on to be with tie lakes and
mountains rather. sd that night brought TO St
FiIlans where We saw The moon shining OF Loeb
Earn.
All this region and that OF Loeb Katrine and the
Trosachs which we reached next day Scott has
described exactly in The Lady OF The Lake !.
nor is it possible TO appreciate that poem without
going thither, neither to describe the scene better
than he has done after you have seen it. was
somewhat disappointed in the pass Of the TrOsachs
itself it is very grand. bat the grand part lasts so
little while. The opening view Of Loeb hatrine,
however. surpassed expectation. Il was late IN
the afternoon when we launched our little boat
there for Ellens isle.
The bosrmen rec;te. though not con motto esprcs
sione the parts of the poem which describe these
localities Observing tina. they spoke of tie per
sonaees. too, with the same air OF confidence, we
asked if they were sure that all This really hap
pened They replied, g Certainly it had been told
from father to son through SO many generations. -
Such is the power of genius to interpolate what it
will into the regular log book OF Times voyage.
Leaving Loeb Katrine the following day we en-
tered Rob Roy's country. and saw on the way the
house where Helen MscGregor was born and
Rob Rows sword which is shown in house bv
the weysde.
We came in n row boat up Loeb Katrine, though
both or that and Loeb Lomond you may GO in n
hateful little steamer with squeaking fiddle to
play Rob Roy Mac Gregor o. walked almost
all the way through the pass from Loeb Katrine to
Loeb Lomond il was distance OF six milti but
you feel as II you could walk sixty in that pure,
exhilarating air At Inversna;d We took boat again
TO 20 down Loch Lomond to the little inn Of Row
ardenueu, from which the ascent IS made OF Ben
Lomond. the greatest elevation in these parts The
boa,men are fine, athletic men one oi these We
had with us tonight handsome yoang man OF
two or three nd-twenty. sang to rs some daeEc
songs The FIRST, a very wild and paintive air,
was the expostulation of girl whose lover has
deserted her and married another. 1t seems he is
ashamed and will not even look AZ her when they
meet upon the road. She implores hin, ii he has
not forgotten all that scene Of by-gone love at least
to lift up his eyes and give her one friendly glance
The sad grooming burden of the stanzas In which
she repeats this request vas very touching When
the boatman had finished, he hung his head and
seemed ashamed of feeling the song too much
then when we asked for another he said he would
sing another about girl that was happy This
one was in three parts. First, tuneul address
from maiden 10 her absent lover. Second his re-
ply, assuring her OF MS fidelity and tenderness.
Third strain which expresses their Joy when re-
united thought this boatlnan had sympa,hies
which would prevent his tormenting any poor wo-
men and perhaps make some one happy, and this
was pleasant thought since probably in the High
lands as elsewhere
Maidens lend too oft
To the careless wooer
Maidens hearts are diHdys SOFT
Would tina; mems were uuer
| don't know that quote the words correctly Out
that is the sum and substance OF masculine report
on these matters
The first day at Rowardennan not beng propi'
,ious TO ascer ling the mountain we went down the
lake to sup AID got yer! tired in various ways SO
that we rose 7ery late next morning Then we
found day of ten thousand for our purpose but
unhappily large party had come with the sun una
engaged all the horses that II we went II must
be on foot This was something OF az enterprise
or me. rs the ascent IS four miles and toward the
summit quite fatguing however n the pride o;
newly gained health and strength, was ready,
and set forth with Mr. :. alone. We took no guide
and the people OF the house did not advise II as
thew ought They told US sfterward they thought
the dav was SO clear that there was no probability
of danger and they were afraid OF seeming merce
nary about it Il twas. however, wrong as they
knew what We did not. that even the shepherds can
be lost in these hills. if mist comes on that 4
party OF gentlemen were q few weeks before
and only by accident found their way to house on
the other side and that child which had been lost
was not found for five days, long after its death
We however. nothing doubling set forth, ascend
ing slowly and often stopping TO enjoy the points
OF view, WHICH !O A-.4 --OS4.N SON.S'SF'
Of congeries OF hills above which towers the true
Ben or highest peak as the head OF a many-lImbed
body.
On reaching the peak, the night was one ofbeaa
" and grandeur such as Imagination never painted
You see around you no plain ground. but on every
side considerations or groups OF hills exquisitey
dressed in the soft purple Of the heather, amid
which CLEAN the lakes ike eyes thatte the secrets
ofthe earth and drink in those OF the heavens Peak
beyond peak caught from the shifting light all the
colors OF the przn and on the fsrthest angel com
panies seemed lowering in their glorious white
robes.
Words are idle on such subjects what can say
bur that il was noble vision that satisfied the eye
and stirred the Imagination in ell her secret pulses
Had that bean, as s:terward seemed likely, the
last act of my life there could got have been fnel
decoration painted on the curaI which was to drop
upon it.
About four clock we bessnour descent. Near the
summit the traces OF the path are not distinct
and said to NJ. 5. after while, that we had lost