The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-24
7 Wakeman Wanders Among the
Quaint and Interesting Places
lF3s Of Scotland.
The Birth Place of Thomas Carlyle
and Edward Irving,
Preacher.
Gramps Singing for Breakfast in the VII
laxe Of Ecclefechan-Whcre Car
lyle Was Born.

Ecc1ErrcHAN. Scotland, July 22-Lying
between Eskdale on the east and Nithsdale
on tho west il the sweet and pastoral An.
mandate. though not among the most noted
vet one of the most lovely valleys of the
Scottish border. To the leisurely and SEN
timental pilgrim tarrying among its pleas
ing scenes, it appeals with goodly fascna-
ton. It is but a tiny vale, 30 miles long,
the river Amman, from which it takes its
name, having its source in the Hartfell
mountains. and winding with gentle flow
through and between characteristic Scot
fish villages, its banks dotted with humble
crofts, larger farmsteads, and all the lang
syne features Of countryside Scottish
homes. Though the little valley is &C.
corded no special fame among the
Scottish people themselves, and is
scarcely ever visited by tourists, to me it
seems that in few particulars it possesses
extraordinary interest. Within the dis
tance of one days tramp across five
parishes through which winds the gentle
AMMAN, can be seen one of the most an
Gent, and certainly ono Of the most histor-
10, castle ruins of Scotland, the first home
in Scotland of Robert the Bruce, at Loeb
maben; the birthplace, at Amman. of the
greatest and most unfortunate of all Scot
fish preachers, Edward Irving; the wonder
full phenomena the tides of Solway Firth,
which are perhaps better observed from the
great Amman viaduct connecting England
with Scotland than any other spot along
the Solway shores; and the birthplace and
burial place of the one philosopher, essay
list and critic who has undoubtedly left a
in Great Britain and America than any
other individual who ever adorned and per-
picked this country-crabbed, crafty,
mighty and glorious old Thomas Carlyle.
At about the center of Annandale in the
parish of Lochmaben. are eight curious lit
these are found the vendnce fishes from five
to six inches in length, nowhere else discov-
cradle in Great Britain, of q brilliant silyery
appearance, and in anatomy and flavor
much resembling those famous American
ciscoes which, in June attract such hosts of
Wisconsin. They are the most delicate fish
known to the British Rourmand. Their
heads are extraordinarily marked, in puce
ool0red transparent substance. with the
perfectly defined figure of heart, through
which, whom freshly. caught. the brain may
Of the lochs the deadly adder Turks; and the
peasantry will tell you that these dreadful
reptiles are kept down by their implacable
foes. the heron4, which are certainly
continually seen lodging in and out
among, and lowering over, the sur.
rounding reeds and mosses. About a
mile from the ancient burRh town OF
Lochmabsn, ON . tongue shaped peninsula
which extends into the lake called the Cas-
fle-l0ch, are found the ruins OF the grand.
- fortress TIE Border ever knew. Whether
q NOT Il Was the original residence of the
6suoss, granted by David J., in 1924. or an
enlarged suocessor built In the thirteenth
ssntnIy, u covered sixteen aoess of ground
ard = k.O.n % have ben absolutely i'm
0Ms ! ~ stapen6oes end magni3esni