New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-29
SCOTTISH BORDER SCENERY.
FROM GLASGOW TO CARLISLE.

FROM GLASGOW TO CARLISLE.
| frRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE.1
Carlisle, September 80.
Glasgow faded in a dense fog on the hot Sep
| tember morning when we said farewell 10 lts
| busy streets and happy homes and our hrst
! gmpses Of sunshine were caught the mists
| parted over the towers. cones steeples and gray
and red houses Of Motherwen and Pennington.
| Our course southeasterly, across Lanark-
shire. and, since only a passing glance at the
country was possible II seemed wise 10 make
the most Of It. Just the character OF an
| individual may. to some extent, be OWNED from
his environment. so the life Of people may be
deduced from the aspect OF its habitations and
| Its visible pursuits. Wishart was soon passed.
| large, crowded town. encompassed With past
| ures and with many pretty hedgerows In which
the haws are cleaning red against the green
| 1t is mostly 4 level land but near to Law and
! TO Castehill there are deep and finely wooded
| ravines. and beyond the broad expanse OF nay
| fields and meadows adjacent there are long
| lines Of trees. like distant sentinels on the
| dim horizon. At gray Carluke. partly on Mill
side and partly in verdant vale, the eye fingers
| pleased upon the red roofs. and upon woods OF
| fir, and green ard pleasant pastures. and now
and then. the silver threat Of q brook. Around
Carstairs there is much open country, and
| river glides through the plain and gliddens IT,
| while crowds Of sprightly starlings. twinklins IN
| the sunshine, skim the stub5le OF nelds
but lately reaped. and ne " shining with orange
| tints and greeI..
| Fine Mills presently appear to the westward OF
| Our track, on some OF which there arc grand
| reaches OF woods and sometimes an isolated
farmhouse with many cone-shaped yellow nay
| STACKS shows prettiy among the trees. soon
| we are among bleak moors and fern-streaked
| hills. and see that In many places the bed OF
| the river has been laid bare by intense droutn'-
| for this Is the hottest September known IN
| Britain for many years The stream is Evan
Water and course Is along Its valley
| through a region OF low mountains moors, and
| occasional marshes. Northward beautiful
| prospect opens Of the lonely mystery Of the va
| can't hills on which beneath nood OF sunshine.
| the fern the heather and the grass are COM
! mingled in masses Of color, brown and emerald
! and pink and gold. The fern has been crisped
by heat and turned to russell few cottages
are noted amid this wilderness. and. In little
| inclosure beside one OF the lonely houses on the
! moor white gravestone tells Its melancholy
I tale OF the partings that Inevitable and the
| tragedy that never ends. In the few trees there
are touches Of color and upon the gaunt hill
sheep seem like bits Of stone. in the distance
| We have passed Moffat, which is the entrance 70
| the Vale OF Yarrow and lone ST. Marys Loch.-
| places precious with their golden memories OF
| tho Fttr.ck Shepherd and the Bard Of Rydal and
| the Minstrel Of the North,-and we have left the
| region Of the Cheviots and now are on the low
! land plain
In the objects that COMPOSE this Border scenery
there is neither great variety nor striking char
| ecter. vet the scenery is never monotonous.
The smooth green fields. intersected with hedge
rows the trim white roads. winding away over
| hill and plain the dark still rivers, crossed by
many a stone bridge picturesque upon Its
strong and graceful. arches, the comfortable
! farmhouses each amid its shaded and flower
| snaneled lawns the occasional palace upon Its
| INLAND embosomed In lofty ens. the ever-chan
| ing groups Of sheep and cattle, the frequent
| nichts OF rocks always so suggestive OF ordered
| industry and yet OF adventure mischief and
snort the slumberous mist upon the landscape.
| and the general air Of permanence and tepose-
| ali these blend themselves into endless pictures
| ~ diversified, piquant beauty. Through "am-
| nhrey pinwoodie. Netherscleugh and Eccle-
| fachan onward we fash. and 20. across long
| stretch O, level green country. much variesated
! With hedzerows and strips Of woodland. we
| coroe TO the Eden and the villas on It's sunny
bark. and the great square cathedral tower. and
the red and gray buildings Of stored Carlisle
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