The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-22

EDINsURo, Scotland. ST.. 3. lss6'.

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Tor the purpess Of giving you . sketch
TT the epvirens of Holyrood. The Roy.
q Park, Is it now exists, embraces
2tolrcu't OF about four miles and half
Within this e1tensiv. space are included
many objects interesting to the reader
OF Scottish chronicles and legends one
OF tho most prominent Of whish is tho
celebrated bill called Auhu,r's Seat, tho
su@mitof which, bearing q. a.striking re-
semblancs to lion osuohaut, il see feet
sbovs the level q, the ssca; another is .
Wild CRESCENT Of perpspdicSlar cliffs,
called Salisbury Crses, which tswsrs
eenspicuously over the city. The close
proximity Of these two ragged and
rocky eminences to the busy streets Of
the town below. forms one Of those grand
and striking features that rendor the as-
pect of Edinburg 80 romantic aud beau
tiful in its variety, aud one With which
the uutravelled American is an entire
stranger. Between the two hills lies
the valley called the Huater's Bog.
about mile aud half in circumfer-
encs, in the seclusion Of which the
stranger might imagine himself wander
ing in some remote glen of tho High
lands, with which every reader OF Scott's
enchanting works are familiar.
On the northwest declivity of Ar
thurs Seat, on a projecting rock, over
looking the Dukes Walk-so named
from its green sward being ths favorits
place Of exercise of James VII, while
q resident Of Holyreod, before bis aces.
sion to the throns--ars the ruins of St.
Anthony's Chapel This building,
when entire, was about forty three feet
in length, eighteen feet in breadth, and
about the same in height, with a square
tower on the west end, about nineteen
feet square, and about forty feet in height.
A fragment of the tower is all that reck-
less violence has left; although less
than century has elapsed since the
whole building was in an excellent state
of preservation. At a few yards dis
tance among scattered grey rocks, once
stood little hermitage, which is said TO
have been inhabited by several recluses
in solitary succession. Of the history
Of this Chapel and Hermitage very little
Is known. A little below is St. Au-
'bony'sWell, spring of pure, cold water,
which flows from the rock iuto hollow
stone basin, aud which, in former times,
doubtless served for the pious uses Of
OF the Chapel above, and the refresh
msnt of the occupier Of the Hermitage.
This old fountain has long been favor
ite haunt OF the burgLers of Edinburg,
on Sundays and holidays, and is alluded
to in well-known ballad of exquisite
pathos, founded Oh the desertion Of La
dy Barbara Erskine by her husband,
james, second Marquis Of Douglass, a
man of violent character, on a fal. e
charge Of conjugal u6deli,y.
"Now Arthur's Seat shall be my bed;
The sheets shall lie 'er be prest by me;
St. Anton's Well shall be my drink,
Since my fause luve's forsaken me-"
To the west aud southwest Of Sails
bury Crags lie the old road of Dunn bie-
dykes, aud the locality called ST. Leo
nard's, both imnortalized by the pen OF
the great novelist of Eiinburg; aud at
the other extremity Of the Royal Park,
near the end Of the Dukes Walk, aud
close to the gate of Parsons Green,
formerly stood the pile of stones, called
Mnschet's Cairn, place of blood, also
familiar to the readers of the Z" Heart
Of Midlothian"
Round Arthur's Seat, and through
the Parks, sweeps the magnificent car
riage drive, called the " Victoria Road -
which was commenced in 1914. 1t
mospts tho hill at either eud, by sp
easy ascent, and Commands grand pam
oramic prospect Of the Firth Of Forth,
the cultivated aud wooded. country to
the south, the chain Of the Peutland
hills, and the stony acclivities aud de-
cllvities Of the romantic metropolis Of
Scotland. 1t is said that no other city
in the world is possessed of q carriage
vav cam m a andino an .xt.n.;v> v,r;.d