New-York tribune., 1867-09-28

adjacent geological wonders There, too, Is the castle
was martyred. chose Glamis Castle because of It's
Shakesperean associations. The region of CLAIMS IS
weird, ike, through which the railway engines engines
(which smoke here as IN no other part of the world
lear like fire fcnds. Two stone men stand grmly
either side the castle gate. They sculptured
before fig leaves were known TO art. wild walk
brings you upon an open glade where. in perfect
preservation the stately Castle of Glams stands:
Gamis is pretty name. There are names that smell
of faggots in this district Take Burnturk" for in
stance. Some unhappy Moslem tasted Purtanic fire
down here one day. But Gamis is in document
saw i'll the castle, spelled Glammis," the noble
owner OF the castle pronounces the name CLANS"
which has touch of tetanus in the sounds. The in
terror of the castle is ancient going back TO the pre-
Norman time. The building exhibits the Norman
and later styles of architecture he exterior OF the
date of 1921 is mostly of the French castelaed style:
massive round towers, clusters of crcua Lar plnnacleS
and turrets; which give 1T an air of gaiety ana
strength Shakespeare exactly describes 1t, even TO
its very atmosphere, when he says:
This castle hath pleasant seat; the air
Nimby and sweetly recommends itself
Unto our gentle senses
There stands at distance in front. two plain aus
tere looking towers which were formerly part OF an
exterior lorlhcatiOn encrcllng the castle and must
have been the eye of the dramatlst when he wrote
the Injunction
"IIang ont the banners upon the outward wall"
There was n thanedom of Glamis and Tannadice
granted by King Robert H. III 1871: aud CLAIMS was
a Royal manor a century earlier; Duncan was not
murdered here, as the play says, put he might have
long. and arcned rooms on the first foor, at which
the visitor arrives entering the castle, Is exactly
the banqueting chamber set upon the stIgeIaho
close by is the chamber where the murder OF Malcolm
is said to have occurred in 1924, and in which there Is
every convenience for throwing the body out OF the
window, a favoritc Scotch method OF dlsposng 0t
friends who had answered their purpose In those
times Adjacent are two large rude halls, OF ancient
date, the ceiling being decorated in 162l aiter the
manner then introduced. Otherwise the chambers
have the inefiablc charm of rude antiquity. Their
very baroness is "a blessing Tho gIhn actuaty OF
by-gone times is the interior. 30 powerful are
the influences of poetry and imagination that one
could not help feeling that the actual scene IN Mac
beth was there present. There was the lalf dark,
half glaring lamp-ht chamber. where the banquet
was held when DanquO strobe across. lou couid
hear Duncan struggling III the chamber near ana
believe YOU stood on the very steps up wIlcI tAe
t0ttcIing murderer stumbled. The chamber door
opened again, rs II aid when the stccnefNcu lady
came ont to revive bcr terror and cunsclOus-sucben
husband. You glanced through tine dim windows
and saw the guards iiitt"g among the trees, and iEe
"kncl" was dying away up the dark glade, Whcii
night left blank among the near trees There Is real
tragedy enough in the castle. The WIDOW "i thc
sixth Lord OF CLAIMS. 2 beautiful woman, was
burned to death on Castlchlll tdinbuIth, IN l3t',
for wichcraft. Ii was aftcTWaId iOurd out that the
unhappy lady was innocent. superstition is always
dcspOilc and destroys high and low who surr ls 10
prevail. There is an old Royal bedsead III the cas-
lie and also an ancient OF the kInghorn ldnliy
united To the Suathmorc. a descendant ol lnc
Burnt Countess became Earl OF StallIn0Ie III lo'%;
The present chapel III the castle ~ cnlicS covered
with paintings of ScTiptuTal character by DE Wit.
They are SO oyerlaid with vanish that opin-
ion can be formed OF their merits
The Earl aud Countess OF StrathinoTe, the present
occupants and owners of the castle. are yOung ana
handsome persons of natural and unaffected courtesy
OF manners, welcoming every one oi thelr hunureu
guests in the frankest splrit There are an lndcite
series of intelligent children, who appear 10 have
been graduated annually. The third son WAS the
best guide i'll the castle. He ran everywhere, sara
everything and said IT well. He led stray, stoid
visitors into out of the-way chambcrs and screamed
as he threw open the doors; and when u lat phos"-
pher started back, thinking Duncans body had peeI
discovered, young Strathlnoro shoutea mere,
have frightened member oi tlc DIllsl NSSo,, w.,
It's only dark room where we keePth chia' IhiS
lively guide has "A chamber nlled WIN CORRECTION ol
stones gathered the beach and hc took cVtlNb
10 see Them and tell him their geological names ana
cot Sir Charles Lycll to pore over each sPtdllheh;
IIbe bapouet prepared laid out III one OF the old
halls and was princcy in its dclIcacy ana pfoiiSon
If the old Thames of Glanis had gwen innCleonS Ike
the given by the present Ear 10 ihe phlosocH'
Bauouo bad come back every night wearing :.
radiant face1 The wines would have done credit 10
the Star and Garter Tavern wien bank directors dhe
on Richmond Iill. but there was one local mixture
handed round probably Of CLAIMS reputation, winch
had the taste OF ahsnthc vinegar. ! supposed II 10
he the drink Lady Macbeth took IN her tart aud herce
moods During the rcpast the eder son $1,000 pSninu l
his father, and the second at the back Oh ms
mother Sir Charles Lyell made very
dhicult thing, good aiter-Ginner speech
Sir Charles is the only philosopher ut the assocla-
tion who is formal without being duh. He said the
STathmorcs were Of the most ancient families of
Scotland but his early experience OF CLAIMS was con
nores. He discovered at the foot oi Sidian illis'
where they were then seated the oldest fossil known
and another in the line of rock on Wilch tho taS'Ie
of Glanis was built was thOnght 10 Dc n0thlhg less
than "A fossil scraphim. Great laughler.l lie went
To see it. and there on piece of rock, was large
surface of laminaed scales, more IKE a ilSh thah
ANYTHING else and yet not like anything he had ever
seen. He was very much puzzled and as the sera-
phim il was thought, had their wings somehow com
posed Of scales, II was concluded tlat ti9 new uIs
covcy would be portions of these wings. laughter
And this seemed reasonable, for II seraphn should
leave anything in the rock of CLAIMS 1t would no
donbt be its wings. For some 10 or 10 years no ifesh
LIGHT was thrown upon the subject, until AgaZLlI
came from America, and he examined the FOSSIL ana
he said, well can answer for 1t that ltcouM never
have been iishIand SO we continued 10 can ~
of PalseontOlogy was carried on III was folnu that
this discovery of scraphim was nothing else than
portion of a gigantic crustacean-ln short, oil large
lobster Threat langhter.1 But to compensate for
this great fall in the character OF the 1ossll-llaugn-
terl-he had the satisfaction of saying that TINS
specimen was now in the British Museum, and tbat
ii was the largest Of any that had yet been iound
The Earl OF Strathmore drank the health OF the
British Association in the old Lion OF CLAIMS lhls
proved 10 be golden beast OF feminine proportions
delicately chased and with movable head, which
being taken off, the interior proved TO be drinking
cup holding something less than hall pint oi cha
pagnc. The noble host filled II with this beverage
and drank il or leaning his head back until the legs
of the old lion i'll the air, and he had the means
of tapping his tail round his lordships nose. Hold
ing the lion inverted that the guests might see that
the royal beast had been empied III the old fashion,
his lordship bade all the hosptabe " shes which
have long been uninterrupted in the Castle of Glams
Such is an example of the recreations OF Science III
the hospitable and dramatic regions Of North Scot
land.
The discussions of the Association have not been
so remarkable or 80 well sustained rs in previous
years. But if papers alone read and the read,
ers moved about in social intercourse, no small good
would be done ii is great thing 10 get scientific
men in the field of general society. The people who
say nothing mercful, compared with the sharp
shallowness of those who prate aud mslead Inc 81
lent do not confuse The selfrespect which says
nothing where it knows nothng-the pride OF silence
when il is intelligent silence has high value; ana
scientific students by insisting upon thoronghness
and exactness impart purpose and yigor to thought
In my next letter will recount the steps oi pro.