The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-08-05
OF TRAVEL IN SCOT
LAND.
by REV. II. LATHAM.

Sont, l landed on the banks Of the
Clyde, i'll the city of Glasgow, at All ear
ly hour in til" day. For several hours
a Scotch mist had been falling and us
the boat steamed up slowly alongside
the land and began to disgorge her cargo
H human freight, the clouds, US if aware
Of our exposed condition, began to
empty their contents in earnest. All
rain is watar, and all water possesses
the property of wctting, bnt really It
does seem that some rains possess great
er wctting properties than others. This,
[ was told, isa popularity Of Scotcl.
mist. 1t will wet man to the skin.
The Clyde runs through the city Of
Glasgow, it's general direction being
northwest. The larger portion If the
city being Oh the north side. When
first seen, and especially on a rainy
morning, Glasgow presents a gloomy
appearance. From Dumbarton Castle to
Glasgow, the country generally present
ed gloomy appearance. The boats
move along 50 slowly ut many places
that they can scarcely be seen t. move.
Posts are erected at short intervals, OF
the banks Of the river, to each Of whicl.
is attached a plank, on which is writtvn
in large letters, dead slow at thcs.
places the boats only creep along. AT
other places the river spreads out for Il.
considerable distance when the tide is
up. Land, which is covered once in
every twcnty-four hours by the tide.
presents spectacle of gloomy dcsola-
tion which is indcscriLablc,
Tho. first thing every traveller attends
to after reaching n city or town in which
he purposes to remain for some time, is
the selecting Of a hotel or boarding
house. OF these there are in the city Of
Glasgow, l suppose I may safely say
hundreds. One of these hotels is own
ed by the Glasgow and South Western
Hallway Company and is said to be the
third hotel, in size, in the Kingdom
Americans generally stop at Philips
Cockburn Hotel, al Bath street. This
is an immense five story ston.. building
fitted up in recent style, with all the
modern appointments. The proprietor
and manager of this hotel is James
Philips, Of New Orleans, Louisiana
Over the Philips Cockburn the Amcr;-
can flag floats. Here, may remark
that some thirty-five Or forty Americans
we're comfortably provided for We
represented every section Of tn. Union.
At home, some Of us were ultra south
crn Democrats, others were ultra north-
rrn Republicans some or US had been
while others had besn
bitter Abolitionists. but in Glasgow, all
these petty political distinctions were
forgotten, and every man took off his
hat and oowed courtcOusly to the Amer
lean flag. feeling and cxclai,nidg "thats
our flag
The places Of interest in the city of
Glasgow, are, I may say. innumerab bic.
This is true with regard to all the cities
and towns in Great Britain. They have
history as thrilling rs tale. In fact
no small part of the history of these
old cities fairy are tale legends. AS pla-
ces of interest, the University, the Ca
thedrn', the Monuments, the Acropolis,
the Exchanges, and Botanical Gardens
may be mentioned.
1t will be remembered that of the cit
les of the British Isles, Glasgow in
point Of commercial and mechanical
Importance, and, in population, ranks
next to London. The rapid growth of
Glasgow is very remarkable. At the
time Of the union Of England and Scot
land, 1903, the population Of Glasgow
was only little more than twelve
thousand. The increase in the popuia-
ton Of England and Scotland during
the present century partakes of the
marvellous. In 1900, the population of
England, including Wales, was only
about eight million five hundred thou
sand; to-day it is twenty-five million.
At the beginning Of the present ccntu-
ry, the population Of Scotland was only
about one and half million, at present
it is, perhaps, four million. For vari-
Gus reasons the population of Ireland
has been gradually decreasing since the
year l847. Its population at that time
was more than eight million; at present
it is about five million. During this
period of aighty-tive years. England,
Scotland and Ireland have been sending
out large numbers Of their population
to settle up the colonies of the British
Government in various parts Of the
world. In addition to this, the English,
the Irish and the Scotch are scattered
over the United States from the Allan.
tic to the Pacific. The population OF
the British Islcs-that is of England,
Ireland and Scotland, is about thirty