New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-04

% @ ,di over stones and satcs. and the hills aud
Mountains rod 81 The bottom Nlih pe%u d ~ tv
no can at All do It justice, OF give an idea OF
what this dive Was.
Oh what ean equal ;be beauties 81 nature'
Tho FIRST mart which we may venture to describe
20 the Young lady portion ends with trip
10 the lie Of Man. Life in the Highlands
which fills the body of the work, occupying
nearly 300 out Of its 3l5 pages presents the Queen to
rs az more mature period Of her life Her sketches
extend over little than thirteen years nom
1s,S to 1861, and include number Of chapters de-
voted to public events though not 10 politics The
Queens long attachment to Bolm0Ta gives 20 this
narrative interest certainly not less than that eX
cited by her earlier life. Az the first visit Her Maj
esty was twcHiy-threc years old her first impress
sions Of BalmOra are received when she IS twenty
nine.
BaInoraI. Friday Sept. g. ls4s.-We arrived OF Bal
moral ~ a quarter three. 1t is pretty hte castle IN
the old Scottish style. There IS picturesque lower gar
den ~ 'front.' with gh wooded hii; at lhe DSch tneIs
Is wood down 10 the Dec; aud the VII rises All around
There ia nice little hall, with bilhiid-r00m. heA
broad stacase immediately the right and above the
dningroom IL our sitting room formerly tne odams
room, fne large loo next 70 wlch y T "eoiOV {
opening INTO q little dressngrOOI when Is AiDtlls
Opposite down few steps are the chiuich ana als
HlGy ards three The ladies 1--we below, ana inc
RentlOinCn up stains. -,
We lunched almost Immediately and az hali-pa't four
We walked ont, ana went up 10 the Top "i ,C
opposite windows, where there Is earn Rnu NJ
which there pretty winding pain lheNeW it"' Hlt
looking down upon the house l. charming 20 ~ Oi @uu
look toward The beautiful hills surrounding Lochiai
and to ho night towards Ballacr To The glen tor valley
along Wlch me Dee Willis, VIZ. ~ , ~ r.
which remind very much OF the 1hurlieclWau ~
calm, and 50 solitary, n dd ono GOOD rs one Eleu
aronud and e pune mountain air most rciicshins
All seemed to breathe freedom and peace ana TO make
The seen - is wild, and yet not desolatc. and every
thing LOOKS much more prosperous ana th&h ~
beside The Dee beautiful rapid which H. close
behind the house. The view OF the hills toward lhVef-
4 liz. a w ffrp
When came in az halfpast six, Albert went ont 10
try his luck with stays which Jay quite close III ine
woods uf me was unsuccessful They came down Of an
evening quite near to the house
Thesucccss of her husband in hunting isadn iringy
related and is perhaps good bit OF description as
occurs The Queens lucky foot vas sure to en-
dear her to tho Ighlanders.
We scrambled ~ an almost rcPen4sGGiF , r'g gfr 70
win branches of iiraud heather aDo9t lIc rec IN
hight There we seated ourselves with Bci;e, Mac
donald lying in the heather near us watching ana pne
concealed; some had gone round to heat ana otheIs gd
were q little distance. We sat quite stl ana shc1 Ltu
d lttic doing the landscape and some trees, Albert
drawing Macdonald he lag there. Ihis lasted Ioi
nearly IN hour, when Albert fanccd he heard distant
sound. ana in few minutes Macdonald whispered that
he saw stays aud that Albert should wait and taGe
did ot look over the box, but through IT, aud nTed
through the branches and then again over me poA me
deer retTcaed; bat Albert felt certain he ad MIA sag
he M to the Keepers and at that moment they called
from below that they had got him. ana Albert ran oil 10
see waited Tor Dlti Dut soon S'i1 n ~" VIZ,
BERTHE aud Macdcnalds help; and Albert joined me
Y.
stag, "a royal, which had dropped soon after Albert had
Int him. one of the mems feet The sport was success
full and every was delighted Macdonald ana lhc
Keepers particular The former saying that was Her
Maiestys coming ont that had brought The goCd mex
Ianders think a great deal" We walked down to the
place last came up got INTO INC carriage ana "eie
home by half-past two o'clock
Salmon spearing or as the Scotch term is lester
ing occasions an adventure in the midst of pleas
ant excursion:
We walked with Charles. the boys. and Ncky to the
river side above the bridge where al tenants were
for rarcbnc salmon They al went INTO tue river, walk
ing up IT, and then back again pokng about under al the
stones bring fish to where the men stood with the net
IL had very pretty effect about one hundred men wad
ing through the RIVER some In kits with poles and speaIs
all very much excited Not succeeding the hist le we
higher up and moved To three or four different
places bat did not get any salmon one or two escaping
James Murray wadcd about the whole time Duncan IN
spite Of all his eXertions YESTERDAY ana having besides
walked TO and fro from the Gathering was the whole
time IN the water Not far from the laundry there was
another trial. and here We had great right I'm one
place there a very deep pool, into which two men
very fOOiSy went, aud one could not SWIM We Sudden
g . an Senern rush hcTng Albert toward the
s s Shd fE,rened me so much That erssped Lord
Cares arm IN great agony Howsyer; Dr. kicheTIspn
but it n hOrTid moment
salmon speared here by ore Of the men, after
which we walked the ford. quarry. where were
very successful seven salmon beng caught some III the
net and some speared Though Albert $1,000 IN we
water some ilme, lie eauEnt notn3 n tnc s a. ,L e
this beautiful spot was exciting ana picturesque III the
wished Tor Landsccrs pencil Inc sun was
intensely hot We did not get back tl aiter thfce
O'Clock, and then took luncheon The duchess OF
still with us. Captain Forbes lWho had asked per
mission TO DO sol marched through the grounds
Ts d and %en cde s p re fH ae three
up their bonnets. They then marched on and we
listened with pleasure to tie distant shouts ana the
sound Of the pbroch.
We heard aiterward that our men had carried all Cop
tain FOrbcs's their backs through the river They
the fishing going Oh. and came To the waters edge
the opposite side ard on being greeted 10y our people
ftt.t 1aaIu mel We
one moment and carried them oyer-Maedonald a. ther
very corieous, and worthy of ciyaIous times
The Queen was in Scotland in Sept 1872 when the
Duke of Wellington died and records in her Diary
the emotions which that event called up
Altna Guithassch, Thursday, sept IT, ls52.-We were
startled this morning, at o'clock, by letter from col
from the sixth edition Of Tbe S the Duke OF Yelling
tons death ne day before yesterday T1lch Iet now
had been night and this day had not been crueiy sad
We jreaSfasted with Miss Seymour and after writ
ing and reading we started al quarter to IL with heI
would in fact have been very line 1t had not been Tor
a constant succession OF very Slight showers or clouds
coming down. We walked along the 0ch the road up 10
admit Of a carriage. We arrived at the Altna-D earg
This a winding path has been made, upon which We rode;
though parts rather steep for riding The burn
tain ash and alder We got of and walked good long
way the top Of the very steep hills GyeIlangng me
overlook all the country belonging TO Lord Panpure.
Mount Keen the Ogilvie HIS &c We soIeed 10 rest
little while though the walking is excellent hard and
dryOn point overlooking the snc OF the Glassalt ana
tie head OF the lOc Here Isuddeny missed my watch.
which the dear old Duke had given me; and not being
certain whether had put IL Oh or not asked MsGkeli-
zic 10 20 back and inquire We walked on until We
rcachcd the hight OF the Glassalt which we stepped
We had passed over the tops OF these ne on me
expedition TO the Dhu Loeb three years ago, when the
ground soft the ponies could scarcely get along,
the roads were very bad.
Then began the descent Of the Gassalt. along
which another path has been admirably made. From
here il is quite DeauiulsO wild and grand. The falls
equal those Blair and feet