St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-06


majestic Ben Lnm"nd. the loftiest
mountain in Scotland. rises in lonely
grandeur on the east. Ii WAS lust the
right KIND OF Il day for our visit. Al
though the middle of August. the cold
wind swept over the Highlands. and
the clouds and mist that hnated along
the sides and concealed the ton of Hcu
l-"ih"nd were as my Imagination had
painted it. We could almost hear the.
phr"ch of elan Alpine and the battle
cry "I the MctircgnrS. With such sur
r"umdln%S. the genius of Scott and
/ bIrn> almost ceases to he Il wonder.
Natur" herself gives inspiration and
they were simply hlrst with having
''t"ngu"S To utter the thoughts" she So
h"untiimlly gave them. We landed at
lnvcr>naid. the ancient home of
ROB ROY.
y short distance below. on the shore
"i the lake Was his dungeon cave
where he kept his prisoners. The rock
and tIrc beside it were pointed nut to
us from the steamer, but nothing else
WAS visible. just beside our landin"
place iS Il beautiful fall in the river
Arklri the scene of WoldSworth'>
"llIgEilamd Gill. The uamc of the
coach that carried us SiN miles over the
Highlands WAS "RndcIirk Dhu." 80
,i Il
and. though ont laws. the, have he
come their c"umtrl'> pride. 80 lIi>tcrl
and Romance are woven together till
We can not separate the Threads Fo
my self did not attempt it. and took il
all i"r truth.
After passing the old FolI built a> a
dctrnc" against the Mctirr""I>. nu-
mrr"rr> tlaIchcd cottages. one of " whirh
Was pointed ont to Us a> the home of
Helen Mct;rc"nr. and Wild region Of
country producing only rocks and
heather. We came III sight of
LncII KATEINE.
While Waiting f"r the steamer. We
'''h u HI>tN lhltH dI '.>Ilblld'IitIdl
Hotel" and then climbed one "i lac, hills
that oNcIlou> the lake. The view WAS
r>rrrdinylN beautiful and battles my
p"wrr> of description: :" will not AT
tempt it. We had just time /" take u
look at the little cottage said 10 have
been orrupicd hN Rob Roy. and then
went on hoard the >trlmc! that bears
hi> u.m,r. If there l. Il m"Ir beautiful
spot "n earth than l."ch katrimc. the
man must hr happy VIII" secs il. scott
paints the plrtulr " hen he calls it
.Ou, FURNISHED sheet "i livlm. ."ld
But though Il beautiful mirror. il is
hardly wide enough Ia reflect the " hole
"t the giant m"uutLiu> beside it:
High the south huge i:cnvcnur.--
While on th, North thr"u@h middle AR.
.I;,u 4 al hr:i,r~ high his forehead har,
The scene had NOW changed from the
"lt"h Roy country t" that "t the ''Ladl
of the Lake, Just at the foot "t old
BrmNrnur i "Ellcm'> Isle" while high
up among the cr;i"> of the mountain We
SAW the mouth "t the "t."hliu'> Cave.
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the stranger Knight. Fitz- James. I" her
l>llhl retreat. "l Win htl lllitl. lht
ont tlaWcd DuImlaS and th, old minstrel
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