The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-08-08
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Dumbarton Castle, under which we |
were passing on our wayiup the Clyde
to Glasgow. Since then scarcely
foot of ground over which we have
travelled but what has inscribed upon it |
some stirring event of the past. How,
then, shall do justice to what we have
seen and heard since we came into this,
the most interesting portion OF the |
Kingdom? Soon after reaching Glas-
gov we were within the walls of the
Mungo Cathedral, an immense pile,
some three hundred feet in length, a.
bout eighty FIVE in extreme width, and |
sixty-five feet in the height of the nave.
1t was commenced in 1881, but not en-
tirely finished until 1857. Notwith- |
standing the early period in which por-
tons of it were built, the architecture
of the whole of the interior is the most |
perfect, and the painting of the win
dows the finest of anything that we
have seen. Glasgow is very thrifty |
city, madeso principally by the immense
amount of ship building which is done
upon the Clyde below the city. From
Glasgow we went by rail to the foot of
Loeb Lomond, where we took steamer
through the lake to Tarbet, opposite to
Ben Lomond, passing on our way the
many beautiful islands that here and
there dot the surface. On the Sunday
morning after our arrival we walked
over to the little kirk in Anochar, stu
ated on Loeb Long, and for the first
time realized, what we have so often
seen in pictures, grand parents with
their children walking together to
church, bibles and hymn books in hand.
Everybody walks to church in Scot
land. They either have not the means
of riding, or if they have they do not
feel the necessity of bringing out their
fine carriages on Sunday morning.
From Tarbet we crossed the lake to In
versnaid and took stage from there to
the head of Loeb Katrine, passing ON
our way Loeb Arllet, near which are
the ruins of the house in which Helen
Macgregor, the wife of Rob Roy, is
said to have been born. Arriving at
the head of Loeb Katrine we took the
little steamer Rob Roy for the Tro-
sachs. Passing down the lake we. saw
where the water is taken out to supply
the CITY of Glasgow, distant thirty-four
miles, through seventy tunnels, the ag-
gregate length of which is thirteen miles.
This will give you an idea of the
mountainous character of the country.
The western extremity of the lake is
very narrow, with winding shores and
towering high above it on the north is
Benvenue, on the south the river sides
of Ben A'an and the surrounding
peaks, between them the dark, rocky
and deeply wooded ravines, and from
its surface rises Ellen's Isle, all of which
have taken their part in the imagery of
Scotland's greatest bard. One cannot
see this beautiful lake and the surround
ing scenery without becoming an admit
rer of the g Lady of the Lake" We
took boat to the Isle and moored it to
the rock under the very "aged oak
from beneath which
ga damsel guider of its way
A little skiff shot to the bay"
We walked up the same steep, rocky
cliff that Ellen had assembled and de-
scended, and looked upon the spot
where once stood the bower that had
sheltered Douglass and his daughter.
The Loeb was so smooth that every
crag, tree and flower that we could see,
and even their color, were mirrored
from its surface. From the Trosachs
we took stage to Calender, passing on
our way Loeb Vennacher and Lanrick
Mead. where Rhoderick Dhu mustered
Clan Alpine. q gisi. . So
From Calender we took the cars to
this city Edinburg) which is pictu-
resquely situated on the south bank of
Firth of Forth. A most beautiful view
of the entire city and surrounding coun-
try, can be obtained from either Sails
bury Crags or the Castle, and of the
city from Cation Hill Edinburg might
be STYLED the city of monuments, as one
meets the eye at almost every turn of
the street. The most interesting place
to visit is the Hollywood Palace and
Chapel. The palace was first built by
James w., in 15O1, but it was entirely
rebuilt by Charles H., in 1879. 1t was
the principal residence of Mary Queen
of Scots, and in it the visitor is shown
her apartments, consisting of an audi
ence chamber, bed chamber, dressing
room, in the latter of which it is said
her Secretary, Rizzio, was murdered.
We were shown the place where his
body laid over night, after receiving
fifty six wounds, and the old keeper
tried to draw on my imagination to see
the blood stains that were left on the
floor. In the Picture Gallery are the
portraits of one hundred sovereigns OF
Scotland from Fergus |. down, and
miserable affairs they are, excepting the
one of Robert Bruce. The palace
is kept in good repair, and a portion Of
it is frequently occupied by the present
Queen and her suite as she passes
through or. her way to and from Balmo-
raj. Only the walls of the Chapel are
standing. Edinburg Castle is the next
object Of interest, the erection OF which
dates back beyond the memory OF ira
dition. Like Stirling and Dumbarton,
it is situated upona high rock, and is
one of the four castles which by treaty
with England is required to be garri7
soned; the others are Stirling, Blackness
and Dumbarton. In it is preserved
with great care the Scotch Crown, Scep-
tire and Sword of State. We were
shown Queen Mary's room, in which
James VI. was born, and upon the wall
is fine portrait of this most beautiful,
misguided and shamefully treated Queen.
We Americans have supposed that the
credit of the invention of the twenty
inch oun belonged to the United States,