, 1866-11-13

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Ada, ''sole daughter Of my house and heart"
A small marble In the wall bears this iuscrip-
tion: *In the Byron vault below lie The re-.
mains Of Augusta Ada, only daughter Of
vile of william, Earl Of LoSciaee. Born
10th December, ISIS; died 27sh November,
ISL" On the reverse aide Of the Byron
arms read as follows "Thc Hon. Cath.
crime Gordon Byron, Of eight, mother of
Of the Earl Of Huntlcy, and Lady jean
Stuart, daughter Of King James the !. Of
Scotland, died In The fift{,stxth rear Of her
aEc, August ]; ISL" The marble npon
Tnsh ast Is n,s1eea IL dhf I'D aate to9 Of ths
forth the virtues Of one Of bis ancestors, arc
the only other memorials Of the Byron fami-
". Inquired Of the sexton !f he had many
visitors 10 the church. He replied that those
and TINT, excepting the foreigners, be had
few callels. Surely England has not given |
TO Byron any Of the kindly, generous rexer- |
ence that Scotland eestows upon Burns. The |
Dean and Chapter Of Westminster refused to
the world believes that 1t was rejected be- |
cause the poet had written a little too se-
verely against sham chutchmen In England,
and against cant and hypocrisy every
And IT in these very matters Burns w, il
than Byron, and the kirk session give frequent
and serious attention to his case The Holy
Fair'' and "Nillie's Prayer" wcro bitter
ril1s to tho Prcsbytery Of Ayr. But when
Burns was dead and laid IN the grave, Scots
and to his memory they have paid all DOS.
sible honor. I hare seen but littlo Of Eng
land, and not enough to permit me to form
serious opinion np0u any ptcultArity Of the
people, and II ia Just as likely a. not that
shah presently come to believe that ingrntl.
tudeto tho illnstrious men Of the past Is not
= national characteristic.
But to return to tho matter IN hand at the
| outset Of my letter. Ayr Is 80 Identified With
not emily 60 amlss Of something Interesting;
| One Of The pleasantest excurslons which
have made was the attempt TO
trace ont tho course q Tam 0'shaateF
on that noted market night" when
he had his desperate race with the
witches. Starting from the tavern in High
street, declared upon the sign Al where
Tam 0'shauter and sonter Johnny. used to
meet" and where are shown the Identical
out Of, presently discovered that the old
lay across the fields. At the point where I
desired TO leave tho highway the sign MO
stared me in Tie ace, and threatened TO stop
my further progress. However when had
stated my case 10 the obligtg Enmekccper
In the employ OF the owner of the enclosure,
he volunteered to conduct me to the ford
I
| anG to the stone
"Thete arueken Charlie hrak's neck b&ne."
: The ford Is whtrc The old road creased q
: brook which rups into the Doom, and Is about
+ river. The present road Is taken oye'
The eIS9d b ne eF'gf gcks ssfa lone MsR apd2
, which Charlie tripped and broke hIs neck
l has been enclosed Immediately behind tn,
? cottage IF tho Roselle gamekeeper. 1t l
I but q small affair, and is rescued from oh
teurity on1y eeeSSte i T. ons Of the ns1s 1ana
!, mile further on, also fenced In, Is laTg
u tree which shades small mpund-the cair1
a "Where hunters fsud the murder'd ba4n."
= The thorn, tabove tho wel,''
c "where Mungo's mither haug'd hcEsel,"
+ has long since disappeared, but the we'll Il
sell, = neverfsilins sprinE, oEsfaoTs, IT, snt q
= rivcr doom within = stones throw Of th
a .sauld haunted kirk.n The old kirk o. A1l<
u way excltcs more interest than any other OF
q jeci In these parts. The pilgrim to th
& ''Land Of Burns" here makes his longe.
IS nock bunker In the cash.
:. .AWhere tat Aud Nick Ia shape O. Beast"
x until the vague phantoms Of the poem tax
=. shape In bis mind and the ghostly dance
% renewed. The "de1l'' which Burns has pr
q sentcd to us vas jolly devil sure enouEl
|
~ turcd, 1t Is true,
IA towsie tyke, black, grim ind large
p. but then be enjoyed the whole thing, es
!. IDENTIFY. and besides presiding with due di
ae p5iy hich up IN the ''winnock. bunker"
IL made himself most obligtngly useful, for
- .'To g,s them music WIS bis charge;
Ri 15s; .aa r. 4.s,s gss' :9S sI Fl: HEN skill
=. ~ Nor is the .'anld Nick Of Tam o'shan.e,
es any exception 10 the other ''desss' Ehi'
Is the Imagination Of Burns has conjured q
r.. In Lone Of bis creatures do We find the gen
Is, Inc orthodox thing, and wc get "a insag
Al. irto the generous, tender nature Of the po'
when he says to one Of them:
AIM wae to thint upon ,ou den
~ Even for your ssEe."
1. Ofthe "auld kirk" nothing Is now stan
49, 49, Ing save the four wallis, but these hare be
"a ea made 20 secure. hare been go stFtngshene
The ages 10 come. The church-yaEd Is crowd
.ro with monuments, the majority Of them
an tnc of wooden structure-put up since I
~. conservation Of TIE ground BY the poet T
first stone that arrests the traveller maj
he the burial plaee Of William Burns and Agr
ny Brown, his wife, the father and mother
en-. Robert Burns, and clote beside 1t IS the era
!, of Of Mrs. BegE. his youngest sister. !
49, "nuld brig O. Doom the list point OF Int
nr- =. .suid kirk Ailoway," and any pace. II
,w- IL is \ very ancient piece Of work, althou
~. | ;n.f now It has \ modern look about It. q
IN, n the tenaIrs that have been ma
10 tIio nrrsent eenson. All the wv has bs
lent rrmnrrd. and ali the mason work ucs
wry nafnted. 70 That il looks quite etglish. T
traEel osef ING uoou ma1My y tue y
bridge. nuna1S9 5atIs !.n OF 70 at 1al.ns. ~ :,
ens, sichtIy affair in the form of q Grcc[an Il
~. r1e stands A few sterA ntf the road betv
fhr t,id ard the new BRIDGES, Here are
Ioat hihftr5 numerou, relics connected with
h{story Of the poct, and among othess
Riblc Which he Dresensed to Mary Ca1up1
-hs ,.Hirhland Mar. y At thc1r LAST mceti
| rf1n 1nr War IL AYR str nred at Greecn
's"s' and yis{ted Ike old West church-ynrd VII
otrx uE1ch1.nd Nary, IA buried The FIRE.
tors q, Crcenocl hare nlaccd a cousptcu
mannment 10 marI her c7ave The resp