The Portland daily press., 1899-10-26

The strange part of 1t was, that wher
We arrived at Sterling Castle the streets
scarosly looked as 81 they had been sprinh
led. and at Edinburgh they had nos ever
had . shower. and when We gave our
golf. or Highland capes a. they were
now cslied, TO the porter 10 have them
dried, he said he had not seen 80 much
moisture together sincs las. fall, as all
agreed everywhere that 10 had teen the
driest season ever known.
Edinburgh has been called the modern
Athens. and certainly nature has oom-
bined with art TO make 10 one Of the most
fascinating cities in Earope to visit. II
10 fest OF learning and culture. and
motel for Its flns university and excellent
schools. and at times 10 has been the
residenos OF literary circle CT rare bril-
iiancy; such men ss Hume, Lockhardt,
Chalmers, and DuQAld Stewart made
their home her,, while Burns at the
same time he was courted BY the literary
set. lived here, sharing the room of an
apprentice In the lawn market; and
Scott, as his novels show. was In the
habit Of haunting Old Edinburgh, rssid.
ing In the Vicinity halt Of his life, whsre,
when only fifteen years old. he mot Burns
and envied the ability of the latter, who
was at the height OF his genius.
On leaving the waverley station the
| Scott or Waverley INC nuTnent is almost
the first object which you see. 1t is o
pipnacied gothic structure, with four
the sitting figure of Sir Walter Scott in
| marble.
Caltoh Hill rises oonspicuously to the
left, where. at the summit a monument
to Dougald Stewart AMI the elegant
Nelson Memorial greet you. In the
| cemetery on the hill overlooking fhs
street below Is the Monument Of Martyrs
dedicated to the brave scots who died In
| cur Civil War, and near it one to A bra
ham Lincoln. There Is also one to David
Hume who di,d in Edinburgh. Noticing
| a handsome Greoian oolonnRde, vesemb-
ling the tompls to Castor and Poliux In
tie Roman Forum, we asked stranger
what the siracturs represented, and he
replied that it was known as "Sout-
lands Disgrace" Ii was commenced for
the National monument. but on so large
q scale that the project had to bs absn.
doned, and now 1t stands there alone like
| any old Roman ruin.
Toe old castle rises precipitously to the
West Princes street Gardsns, path
through which leads to ths esplapade.
The site OF this stronghold is the same
castle rock on which Edwin Of Nortaum-
bria established fortress in 541. A. ID. +,
around which a settlement grew mp called
I'D wins Burgh. This was afterwards
krown as Dunedin (Hill of kdwin.) The
history of the castle was tor many years
synonymous with that Of the town, which
resumed its original name Edwin "a
Burgh." The castle was the ancient
home Of the Scottish kings and an object
IE.E fAavx l...e. xN.A
knglish for many years, 1t having been
surrendered to tha latter in 1878. and
again taken by Cromwell In 1850. Only
q small portion of the castle Is now sh own
to the public. Queen Mnry's room In
which jamie the Scotohman was born
souvenirs of the unfortunate queen are
sold here. St. Margaret's Chapel is the
oldest structure In Edinburgh. In front
| of this and the Argyle Tower Is "Mons
Meg," nm old osnnon forged in 14s6 and
carried to the Tower of London ut the
taking Of ths castle In 1878. but restored
| to Scotland In tae latter part of tine last
century. Wo read a very amusing notice
posted over 1t, REQUESTING visitors not TO
| climb upon the guns, not TO stun rubbish
| into the mouths or the same, or be a
| nuisance gener IL.
From the Bomp Battery. a sups'b view
of the city Ia obtained, from the
Firth Of Forth t, the Pentland Hills,
| some spans of tho ma ajsstic Forth Bridge
being visible even aI this distance, AS
| well as part Of the Perthshire Highlands
| of Scotland. A time-gun is hred from
| the balf Moon Battery at one o'clock,
which Is in answer to this falling of a
ball from the observatory on Calton
HILL
On our way out, We paused on the es-
pla ade to witness the drill Of the Royal
| Scots, the queens body guard, and then
We descended Castle Hill. past che old
La " n market, into High Street and Cam
nongate which used TO be the ari.t1oratlc
quarter of Old Edinburgh. On he
| way we saw st Giles. a Gothic edifics,
begun in the twelfth century. the olde ST
parish church OF the city. 1t was here
that Jennie ueddes threw her stool at
| Dean llama. Outside Is the shaft OF the
old City Cross, restored by Gladstone. it
having been removed from the adjoining
sts Get where the outline of the original
| str ucture is still seen A littlo farther
back, In the square Is the print of u gre It
heart In the pavement which marks the
spot where the Heart Of Midlothian, the
old City or Tolbooth Prison used 10 stand
Thus the 'Old Town" Ia full of ant!qui-
ties which have been made familiar to
the lovers of Soott's novels.
We visited the courthouse where We
| found most of the oonrss adjourned,
| but in one room thers was csss up,
WnICu Wt were tUlj WAS auOut tne us
living of partnership. The judge sat
up in front In his gown and curly gray
wig, while the witness was being ques
toned by another wigged individual, who
WAS saying: "You saw this clearly your
self, you are quite surs that you observed
it plainly" and then he produced some
photographs of green fields and trees, and
business houses or something.-B here
we felt Obliged to leave the Hurried wit
ness with his lawyers and judges.
In front of st. Giles We saw u tablet
marked J. X. 1573, beneath which Is
buried the heart or John Knox. Soon
aftsr we came to his house, u very old
building, with red roof and arcaded
front.
I Thus we went on through this laby rinth
of historic land marks to holyrood Palace
In the apartments OF Mary Queen of
scots, many relics are still preserved,
We saw the same private staircase, lead
ing up from Lord Darnlsy's room which
he assembled when he surprised hizzio
and the iIl-fated queen ic her supping
room; and driving them thence he mur.
dered Rizxio at the top Of the general
staircase. Here q spot Of the latter's