, 1873-08-24

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ihnn OF nob-1soy md Forgns MoIvor and, AZ
/ ne passed Into commonplace moloru Village
ono Oh lilo party burst into the songs. .,
l. hy heart ia In tho H'ph!ands,-.
NY heart fa in tug HIgh!auds,
! A chasing tbs deer. p
Wo aang Bnatohos Of Scotch songa, and 70.
eisod Sootte poetry, until VIC ronohcd Glasgow.
A. hUnNa AND nCOTT
havo thoroughly Impressed themselves upon tho
scotch. Every lass you moct viii elng for you a
song from Durnst and etngo-driyors and boatme1l
around tho Scotch 1akes Will recito Scott by tho
monuments to tfcir memory; nVnrY g1on and
hill has ita talo md legond connected with their
names.
T. Wo aailed up 1och Lomond, and, returning to
and rode oyer tho wild pass, aoroHs Rob-noy's
| country, to tho head OF
! .1oon HArn1Hx.
We atafd oyor-night horo at littlo hotel with m
only louuo visited. Tho acono wns stern, and
wild md solitary. at midnight wo wore startled
from our sloop by tho gound Of tho hagpipes
under % or Hindowe. W!othSr Played BY tle
could not toll. with tho morning wo learned
tllat tho clan Of tho McurogorB Is, as n clan,
o1sinct. Thoy aro all doad, or scattered, no one
lnoue where. Tho Landscape seems sad, and to
| MOURN Fon THE DAYS or ROMANCE,
| WHOM tho EloArn Of olaymoreg, and tho waving
OF the tartans aud pln1nos OF chtoftatna bright
| onedthe acone WHOM the rocks and gona echoel
| with bagpipos Of hostile clans. Tho Chiofs are
toad, their eTorts are rusty, the clans soattorol,
and tho romance OF the Highlands lives only on
tho pagea OF Scott but tho shepherd slceps in
poaco In hiu cottage, md tho low1aud herd and
! tho low|and maid nro Bafo from the "Catoran" !"
Wo sailed down IIoch Katrine, passing "EIlen's
Isle guarded on eithor sii1o by Ben Lonlonl
aud non A'au. Hut am nov upon ground which
Scott hns inado 30 familiar to all that forboar
any attempt at description, and pass OIL to
BrENL1N8 CATTLE.
Around the rock-basod castle Ia oontoroa
more Of. 8cotlanua history and romance thuu
| anywhere olHc, aud nowhere can bo found q land
| Hcape Of moroatriking features. 4 gh,precptouH
rock, riaing several hundred feet from the midst
OF ono Of the lovo1icst valloys, covered with tho
most luxnrIant vordure. is crowned with an Ivy
covered fendal castle. Wallaco's monumont-an
imposing Gothic gtructuro--is aorosa tho valley,
mud points to the fold Of Dannockbnrn whilo
away to tho north riHos the bllo outline of tho
Hlghlands.-bon-LsdI. Bon Lomond. Ben A'an,
Bon Vor]icEl.
Sterling CASTLE
With her shattered wntt
Black with The miners blaat, upon her height
Yct shows Of what she wau won she! and ball
ATorer of Victory from w!onco tho flight i.
or batflol focs Has natchcd along tho plata.
norc was once scotland's proud capital and
it interest. 4 dozen bnttle-1elds arc Hproad out
in the valley under it's walls. Wallace, the
IL H., ~ 80 .n,a III nforr ~ ,nMt;fti
noon hn troto rfo eo sn;,can a0 +,, iaart
H., H.. os;,',aa ~ sn,t,ottanM +1,oaa @re
nIe @to ~ fs 1 noatin ts' H.
tllting-ground is green moadow directly under
tho wallis, adjoining the King's gardon, 1lioso
1n 70 Gunss are M and wn
n.y. - s,o ,t .nn t, iu,t, 80 o, a,1oa
coniondipg in tho 1iats, horsolf nnacop.
After spending some time in tho castle, road
S GnntI, an,n. ~ ~ ,41, ,o 1a, ~
"r,s W. IT, ~, ~,
o anI NJ tho
fnrtreau ~ n,nyoa for ia A'6AA0'' ''"'S'@ - 'Ao
@oA'1e0' P'a5s W 1ut ua ,,
soote VIVA aa va Ma"aee o1ea' -
md, while We listened, W9slaco'B monument was
bef9G ., u.s. ana @ ~ Urn af our syehs
eye wandered across M tbs plain to tho Ironsacts
nnd Bon Lcdi. And then "Ihe Gampbeils arc
comtng; ana 80 on, untlt tno aeo,,nang slt nl,
1nonfs1ed ns that VIC nluse loaso tA's ehchanteu
cantlo. , .,. -,
How Scott hss impressed himself upon tho
ecenory, tue easIies, the Tsns, nc locns,-lh1,,
DECD. upon a.! sco1latd! Eyoly"nofo you rocail
the great " Wizard OF the North," " md the cre9-
tlons OF his fanoy Seem moro real tllan tho feal-
ltY ttself.
~ En1ShuRah;
The Modern Athens" " aa Edinburgh il ca'led'
lB ono Of tic most picturesque cities IN inc
world. 1t ls CITY ol hi4la, ana focHt, anu nohu-
A4@IAto'
lts castle, high on rock like Startling, il Hec-
ond only to that. scolts monument i IT. ac uotlllo
Btructure-'s consplcuous object from ainost
every part OF the city It aeomH to mo the most
absolutely perfect IN ita proportions ano d.
alEn6 Of anything oFcr 1ooRou upon.
doubt It there ls IN nh the e.. word 1, q
moro beautiful street than rrincoa street
On one sldo OF 1t runs beautiu! park, viii
bcotta monument, anu atatngs TO tlctofla, 70
Allen Ramsey. to Wilson; While across the M park
y the castle; crownng tue nlsh. ROCKY hlll. with
the British ting, and the walls nearly always gay
with tho scarlet ct tho British soldiers. tarthor
east is calton HUI With ta high column IN hongr
Of Nelson, the Burns monument near; and, ntlu
farther, Arthur's Beat, which oyerlooka the city
Had a. t9 feo ana
inquired Of our Scotch guide, who wore tue
uniform md decorations OF Victoria: when
will Scotland have King Or queen OF her q,
own, to wear this crown and ~iold thiB sword?"
Tllo old scotchman panaod, and, after . mo,
mont, said, when all the elder orotaers ana
MaIqMis OF LoIno aso luz aesnrrnd -