Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1850-08-01

autograph on the coliege ooO~''
was invited 70 place my name. D:..s.
Mv course was thence up the niset
civie Is The Royal Steamer. TO 5las,
49, he centre Of commerce ior al
.,...d-the handsomest city ! had
~sen M 10 that time. ! found Haena,
s s Where, who devoted their time and
80 s,,s1,;op to me. During my stay here,
: csIled on Lord Kilburne, at his seat IN
paisley. bat he was absent from home.
His lordship is Lord President OF the
scotland Court Of Sessions; and " al
d;t;on to his private income, receives from
.he Government an annual salary nearly
= ,arge as that Of the President ri the
E1n;,aS states. Visited Dunbarton, pas.
inc directly under its renowned castle,
which somewhat resembles nlsnoP
,nitre-Aa double rock Of great height
and almost inaccessible.
in an hour more, am on Locn 70,
,o,nd in the Highlands OF Sco!lanu
Need / attempt subscription or this go
s,ious Lake, with its twenty i've islaGas'
;ts mountains, its crystal waters, and Ben
Iomopd lifting Ills huge crest among the
clouds? passed on foot over the noun
tains, through Rob Roy's country-tne
rugged mountains of Stirlingshre rising
# s ssT1nd me on all sides in awful grandeur.
There was Ben Lomond, the most re-
markable Of the Highlands q perIec'
,nonsfer Here was a lake on the noun
tains. which had been torn by cataracts
rushing down their almost barren SIDES; |
j few Z miles journey, and / reached
1ocb Katripe, immortalized by the i'm.
mortal laws Of Scott. O, it was time OF
deem, inexpressibly deep interest to me
I passed the whole length OF the lake.
some ten miles, with its beautiful islands,
in the ..Rob Roy" fairy, like steamboat
about tenfeet wide. Idipped and drank
the crystal wave, and filled bottle to
carry home as souvenir. ! saw Ltsea
Isle. and the very spot where Fitz>James
fell from his horse, where he chased the
deer all the, way from Calender. On
this isle Ellen received Fitz James in her
little skiff. i went on shore and secured
: memorial 81 my visit there. | much I
regret /. did not pass through the Iros-
sachs to Calender, and see Stirling Gas
lie. Returning the same way over the
mountains, l had view Of Globin's Cave;
KING Of the Witches, and the pass where
they used to drive cattle in the rebellion.
At Invsrsnaid, on Loeb Lomond. there
il a cataract which thnEders down the !
mountain rocks and among wild forest
trees hundreds of feet, after previously
descending the mountains for three miles
I was here entertained at the hotel fer |
the night in princely style, and the and
lord would take nothing for it. on hear |
ing that was an AmericdR travelling for /
health. He appeared to be pleased with /
my strange adventure
Edinbureh Il baRes description. ]
visited Cannzsz1e Kn0x's House, Holy
rood PaIaee aw the blood On the floor
where DaxaE ExzD - murdered sat
ID MercY CO. = sszEs fhe RdinbnsghI
Castle. - Keysa II Scotland. the
crown 5eze &c; ascended Axthars
Seat Caltou Hill. and Nelson's MOnu-
ment visited Leith and bathed IN the
Fr;sh IF FOrsir- Tbcnoe I went On to
Melross By railway. and had glorious
view of Its Abbry - = : -. On
three miles % A550fgord, viewed the
interior. and passed over the Tweed
which runs By the mansion, and N which
Scott loved to fish. O. most lovely,
romantic spoil enchantment can do no
morel / visited Kelso and its abbey,
and wake 1 two miles farther to EdnGm
in Roxburgh, the birth place Of the au>
thor Of " The Seasons" Here ] linger-
ed for hours with intense yet melancholy |
delight. / was shown by Mr. Lamb at
the manse, the house where Thomson is
supposed to have been born, and the
original picture presented to the Club
of Ednam to be kept forever at the
manse. He wanted me to sketch it
sef course could not. How much ] re-
GREETED that+.... was not there
I have been round to Berwick-on-
Tweed, on the German ocean; saw its
magnificent bridge; passed thro' North
cumberland to Newcastle and York; Wis
tied the cathedral, walked all round the
ancient walls. and stopping at Mancbes-
ter twoor three days, arrived in London |
on the I'd Of July. l have since been SO
much occupied with lioniziRg that ! can
not now say anything about this won
derful city. Yours &c. A. D.
Fhe PhiloscpAy Of Drowning Man |
is the only animal that browns naturally. |
He does so because he is endowed with
reason that is to say with large
sul,o~;cal hvo;,, ,u;th a sk,,ll An n xuhsch