The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-04

Cat. watches IKE kalst sentinel over the
city, we viii not scale it to-day, butwc VII,
cross the old town. climb the Castle Hill, aao
visit tho fortress, "a
On the way we shall meet with many "a y
locality beg,iiling It's to pause, but we .u.
our faces from Holyrood, tramp resoiuse.!
through the Canongate, past the Canohgu ~,
ToIl,noth nast many a storied mansion, suc ~
ne Moray House, from the balcony OF VIII VII,
Aryvla s,w NIontrose carried to ttiat pris si
which WINS Int station on the pain 70 'ii1
s,aanid n. 81 John KNOWS house, sun "a, asee.9
.AV ',.a a p to the Iron Church. Inc al
,.nn,tas I;hrarr. the Parliament HOUSE, ~.
LII. s ,,o or, o,,r way. The street throughout
o LIZ, We mass though ono avenue, bears I'VE
y:m',n,,t names-the CaDongate, the Netner.
,,nw The High street, the Lawnmarket, anu
c"" iIiIi II Is lined with historical houses,
md b,s been the scene Of many an eVcntiui
ncrurrrnce, which the reader OF scottsn MS
tory will readily recall. Inever tire OF ex-
ploring it.
only for its associations, but for the hne
views obtained from different parts Of its has-
lions. 1t looks formidable enough, but III
the face of modern military science is only a
gigantic scarecrow. In the beginning OIL the
fourteenth century it was recovered from
the English BY daring midnight coup de
main, executed by Randolph, Earl OF Moray,
at the head of only thirty men. In 1913,
the gallant Kirkuldy Of Grange, heldlt tor
Queen Mary against an Immense force OF
Scotch and English for over Il month, and
would doubtless have bafled them yet longer
but for treason and mutinv within the walls.
We enter BY an old gateway under an I'M
lncnse raised portcullis, and may, II We
choose, 90 directly to the crown-room, where
VIC can sec the regalia of Scotland, the crown
sccptrc and sword of state, concealed IN liOI,
and discovered in Oh old oaken chest IN 1918.
That circlet of gold and gems, ermine, and
velvet was crown Of thorns TO many OF It's
wearels to James ", who warrcd against
his father to obtain it; to Mary Stuart, whose
baby brow it pressed. Charles II. was the
last king who received it, and bis coronation
preceded disastrous battles and exile, though
he lived to be merry monarch" at last.
The room in which Queen Mary gave
birth to the child who afterwards united
the crowns of England and Scotland is a
small, irregular apartment, walnscoted ana
ceiled with oak. In an adjoining room is a
portrait of this most unfortunate OF Stllarts,
one of the many eytant, and, whether au-
hentic or not, coming nearer to my ideal OF
tine loveliest of women than any have yet
seen. You get fine view of Edinburgh
from the Bomb Battery, where you can see
also "Mons Meg" monster gun, made of
iron bars hoped together like cask, iabrl-
Gated at Mons, in Brittany, Ill 1i1G. 1t was
burst by salute fired in 1852.
have hardly touched on few points OF
interest in Edinburgh. Many persons COIN
plain of the climate, but no Bostonian, l
should fancy, would lind fault with it. The
elevated situation exposes it to high winds,
but less rain falls here than l was led to an
ticirate. However. the natives do not take |
any account of Scotch mislS, which so closely |
resemble our showers as to render an um- |
brela useful. The markets are we'll sup |
Piled, particularly with fish; and as Tor u
scotch breakfast, its parallel is not to be
found Oil the face of the globe. After re-
ulning from q climb to the top Of Arthtu's
Seat, give carte blanche to your landlord,
I'd see if you have any fault to find with
" fare. |