The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-12-09


On The bold cli6s Of Bsnvsuus."
( Winding by . bsAntiful drive !
alcng its banks, The Brigx Of |
Turk was won' This bridge is . !
the mouth Of Glenfinlas, celebra.
ted in Scott ballads. and amid The
most romantic scenery; and in the
vicinity is .Lanrick Mead. the
gathering place of Clan Alpine.
Crossing this bridge
The lake 10 past,
Duucraggan's huts appear at last.S
! And huts they truly are-huts
they were to Scott, and time has
not improved them. Hero the
childsen ran out after as with littla
boquets Of heather. which We will
ingly purchased. Soon we reached
.Loch VeDnacher's broad wave, .
truly beautiful lake, ave miles in
length, and ct it's eastern extrem
ity is Coilantogle Ford, the scene
Of combat between Fitz-James and
Roderick Dhu.
= At this place the gentlemen gal
lantly volunteered to dismount and
gather some ferns which We. the
ladies, )desired ~ mementos. A
1isnd kindly arrsinged mine be-
tween the leaves OF my guide-book
and put them under the cushion to
press, when, oh misfortune! We
never remembered them again
until the coach had returned to
Loeb Katrine after leaving US ut
Callander. As We passed along we
were shown the lake OF dead
bodies, or Lochan man Corp, so
dalled from a funeral party of 200
being drowned in its waters.
II And then rose Ben LeGi's ridge
in air. This mountain, On which
the Beltane mysteries were cele-
brated, is 2,8S2 feet high. Calian
der. is very pretty little plas e,
nestles in a verdant meadow. under
the protecting shadow OF this hill
Of Cod as the name, Ben Ledi
signifies.
| At Callander We left the coaches,
as from this place we had to pro-
coed to Stirling by rail- We found
q good hotel quite convenient, and
excellent refreshments. Here cne
of the ladies complained Of the
unequal division Of the good things
/ Of this life. She had been an oc :
cupant Of 'the other COACH" and
had listened with envious ears to
l<he rnceasing merriment Of our
/ party, while theirs had been Of
that dull, ,apathctic sort which moth
ing can arouse, and they had, she
said, passed the whole route with
ont a laugh, or with scarcely q
smile.
We took the train and soon saw
the '.ivymansled towers" OF the
old castle of Doune. which played
Tsuch o conspicuous part in olden
Itime. and which is described both
in '.Waverly" and '.The Lady Of
the Lake."
"At Doune, DER many spear and glaive,
Two barons proud their banners wave;
! saw the Moray's silver star,
1 And marked the sable pale OF Mar"
J. Arriving at Stirling. We left the
traia to visit It's castle-fairest ol
all fair Scotia's strongholds. /,
is ono Of the most il not the most
Interesting place 10 Scotland, q.
we'll from its commanding and un-
rivallel position. the scenes it looks
down upon, Its fame in song and
Estory," as the multiplicity Of it:
own stirring, historical associa
tions
| Hero kings were horn, and crown.
/ ed, aud died; here lives were laid
fdown, and noble blood flowed like
water. The Earl Of Douglas was
murdered by James IL. while ar
invited guest in the palace, and .
Heading Hill. to the north Of tn,
fcastle, was the place where Stat,
| criminals were executed.
| "Ye towers! within whose circuit drea'
|
And thou o, sad and fatal mound!
That Oft has heard t:le dead-axe sound.
have read, that when the nobl,
son of the Earl Of Lennox wa
being led to execution, Queen Mar,
'ood at the window and watched
tshe procession; and whom he oh
served her, be made her an obei-
sance Of the mostcourtly devotion
How she, who has been represent
fed as 60 gentle. could look upol
such scene, is more than amazing
hand furnishes one Of those contra.
fdictory pages which makes the st,,
Edent exclai'n. '.:here is no truth il
Ehistory! 1t is only the color o
kthe historians glass es!'
1 We were shown tho room wher,
douglas was murdered, and III,
Fsmall windov out of which he wa
thrown, and beneath which he lie
tfbnried. This is concealed room
where James held his secret coun-
ellis, that is, went into executiv,
session, aud Ill wager, his kingly
.counsels were not overheard b.
sAny curious individual who nigh
be hanging on = oOOr knob o
pecping over q sky light.
). Besides tho immortal field o
Bannockbnrp, where Bruce acheiv
led the liberty Of Scotland. from
The castle wall one may look dowr
Upon three of the most importan
aud hardly contested battle field
in the history OF Scotland, the fln'
monument to Wallace. lifted higl
upon Abbey Craig, and the time
stained walls Cambus Kenneth Alb
Aoxx l.. .hn.A Aha splaoln sxal llnsr -,