Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1900-10-23
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pistol. and hundreds of valuable keep
sakes too numerous to mention
The half day spent in going through
and over the famous castle in Edinburgh
was full of interest, There are numerous
buildings enclosed by the great wall con-
stituting the castle, which cover eleven
acres of ground the whole upon a high
rock overlooking the entire city. The
principal things we saw there were: the
large banquet hall in which Cromwell
plotted the killing of Charles the First, the
Regalia and Crown Jewels of Scotland.
the room in which Mary, Queen of Scots.
lived where James the 9th was born,
and the Oldest chapel in Scotland, built
by Queen Margaret in 1908.
The visit to Holyrood Palace, which
is located on the suburbs of Edinburgh,
was much enjoyed. In that is shown the
old bedstead and bed upon which Mary,
Queen of Scots, slept; the room used by
Lord Darnley in which was a fine oil
painting of him and his brother; also the
room In which Pizzio was murdered.
Passing from Edinburgh to the Tros-
sachs, we spent several hours in Stirling,
going through the castle there, from
the top of which are to beseen four great
battle fields, in one of wblch Wallace de
feated the English in 1897, and his mon
ument, 200 feet high, stands on the field.
From the stone bridge, seen from the
castle, built in 1900, was hung the last
Roman Catholic prelate in Scotland,
Archbishop Hamilton, for participating
in the murder of the Regent Moray, in
1870.
In speaking of the drive to Dryborough
Abbey, forgot to state that we passed
the house and old Fairfax estate, still
owned by the descendants of the family
of that name who lived in Virginia. Ad-
miral Fairfax, the last owner, died in
Italy last spring, and the estate is soon to
be sold, and will pass out of the family,
unless purchased by some of the distant
relatives.
The trip back through the Trossachs
and lakes of Scotland and England was
as grand and beautiful scenery as that
we saw going from Port Townsend to
Alaska. Part of the way by boat, and
part by coaches, and nice and well APP
pointed hotels at ali stopping places and
/ might here state that the clerks in all
hotels outside of London are ladies-not
men, as in our country, and lady attend
ants at the bars serving drinks, which is
the case here in London. At Dumfries,
Scotland. we visited the humble home in
which Robert Burns died. and his grave
in the churchyard nearby. Saw his old
trunk in the museum there. and the first
bicycle invented.
A half day was we'll spent in going
through the Derby Crown China Works,
at Derby. was surprised that they
would show the entire process to strang-
ers, but they do. From Derby we went
to Kenilworth and Warwick Castle, and
saw the treasures in paintings, tapestries,
iron vases and very old ornaments.
swords. spears, &c. Then to Stafforn. on
Avon, where Shakespeare lived, died and
was buried. Saw the old desk he used at
school, and from the way it was hacked
up he must have been handy with his Jack
knife as well as with his peerless brain.
Saw the cottage in which he courted the
winsome Anne Hathaway, and quaint
old relic it is. Stopped at the Red Lion
hotel, in which Irving wrote his we'll
known lines on Shakespeare.
On the way from Stafford to London
we stopped a half day at Oxford, and
were shown through several of the prin-
cipal cottages there. Many of them show
their great age, and are dismally black
from the soft coal burned there in the
town, which completely surrounds and
shuts them in. Unlike most cottages in
our country, they have no spacious
grounds surrounding them. Their en-
vironment is wretched.
The many miles travelled by coach and
carriage gave me the opportunity. so
much desired, of seeing the roads of both
England and Scotland. They are with
out exception smooth, solid and perfect.
not loose stone of any size on them, and
no ridges across them no matter how
steep the grade the center being about
four inches higher than sides, and of
course all water runs off to sides. Tel
gates in both countries were abolished