The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-08-09

five hundred years.
One could almost see Robin Hood
peeping out behind them. Rabbits,
pheasants and small game were there
simply by the thousand and deer by
the hundred, all almost tame. We
visited Eaton also, but that l find I
have not time to tell you of.
July 20.
We reached Edinburgh about an
hour ago, after a charming ride
through the heart of old England, and
since seven o'clock through Bonnie
Scotland"
I was here interrupted by the
incest, brightest little Scotch boy, who
has been getting me lot of small
change. He is delightfully."- good and
polite, going to SO much trouble so
willingly. We need lot of half
pennies, pennies, "threepence" as
they say, and sixpence for small tips.
To resume.
The hills grew on us SO gradually
that we scarcely realize where the
rolling country ended, and the hills
began. We passed through Leeds
and Sheffield and Melrose and saw
the Abbey and passed many of the
big woolen mills where the tweed and
cheviot are made. The hills were
full of sheep, and the whole landscape
was perfectly beautiful. There does
not seem to be an inch of space that
is not used in some way.
Another day is past and we have
seen something of Edinburgh. We
drove around the city to day, and l
think it one of the most beautiful /
have seen. 1t is built on little hills
or ranges of hills. Not on a slope
like Seattle or Tacoma but all over
this city the streets go up and then
down, or across the most beautiful
ravines. Every foot of space is beauti-
fled by statue, tomb, bridge, or
a temple of religion or learning.
| We visited the place where Mary
| Queen of Scots lived, and saw the
| little stone house said to have con-
tanned her bathroom.
| We also saw the house where Sir
Walter Scott lived from 1898 to 1895.
Just In front of our hotel is the mag.
nifcent monument of stone erected to
his memory, rough outline of which
appears on this letter head. The
Burns and Nelson monuments are
surprisingly beautiful Public squares
and corners are filled with statues of
the great and beloved of Scotland.
| We attended service, this evening in
st. Giles Cathedral, a handsome
structure where John Knox preached
| The home Of John Knox is altogether
the oldest and quaintest private house
we have yet seen. We drove past
| Edinburgh University and looked
down into Cowgate street, the White
chapel of this city. The old house
where Cromwell and his Ironsides
staid when they visited Edinburgh we
found interesting, and the little portico
where the Duke Of Argyll used to sit
in the evening, was pointed out to us.
We saw the spot where Knox was
buried, where the prisoners of state
were sentenced, and where the old
public executions were held. In the
street they have marked by brass and
separate stone blocks the Heart OF
Midlothian We drove out to the
iron bridge over the Firth of Forth,
one and three-fourths miles long-a
magnificent feat of engineering. We
passed, on the way, Lord Roseberry's
estate, three miles long.
We saw most beautiful fields of oats
and wheat, which will not be ripe for
ten days or two weeks. Their har-
vests are at least month behind ours.
We are having what seems like the
, Sharpless strawberry, large and just
like ours. Everything is beautiful
and the city is full of historical inter-
est. l have forgotten the Castle,
which is the most romantic building
we have yet seen.