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A street In Edinburgh.
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ing from Inc 0atefly STATION. ls
attracted at once to Princes
Street. This is the principal
thoroughfare of the city aud one
of the finest streets in England
On one side. it is lined with no.
tells and handsome business hous
es; on the other. are lawns and
gardens OF beautiful shrubbery.
In the eastern garden, towering
well above the four and five story
buildings opposite, is the Scott
monument. From the top of this
graceful and imposing structure,
a splendid view of the city Is OBJ
tanned. Looking to the North
and East, the Firth of Forth with
its "weltering waters stretches
far away to the German Ocean.
The wonderful Forth bridge with
its three diamond shaped sections
spans the Forth. At the foot OF
Princes street is Cation Hill with
it's classic monuments. Lower
down is Holyrood Castle. Above
and beyond the castle is the rug.
ged side of Salisbury Crag and
the height of Arthur's Seat which
forms the eastern boundary OF
the city.
Across the valley which sepa.
rates Old Town from New Town
and almost opposite the Scott
monument, is Castle Hill, the
highest point and the central at
traction of the city. The Hill
"whose ridgy back heaves to the
SKYE is crowned with Edinburgh
Castle. the ancient seat of Scott
ish Kings. From any one point
the diversity OF view, the roofs
and spires of the valley overshad
owed by loftiest ranges of build
ings, or the frowning battlements
of the castle, enable one to ap
preciate, in a measure, SCOTS
patriotic tribute to his "Own 70
mantle town"
From the castle upon Castle
Hill, there is d gradual slope east
ward, down High street and Its
continuation, Cannongate, to the
foot of Arthur's Seat and the low
level plane where Holyrood Cas-
tie is situated.
This street, with the two cas-
ties, is doubtless the most inter
esting IN Edinburgh. Edinburgh
Castle was the citadel of Olt
Town. The early history of thu
castle is practically the early his
tory of the town. 1t long agt
ceased to be important as a for
tress and row is used as a barrack
Upon entering, the visitor cross
es the draw-bridge over the ole
mOat and passes under the port
culils. Going at once to the high
est ground of the castle yard
Mons Meg, a remarkable speci
men of medieval cannon, is found
This gun is said to have been uset
by James ". at the seige of Nor
ham Castle, 1897. The bore is q
inches; it is made of pieces 0
hammered iron held together by
coils of iron hoops. Two rooms
of the castle are of especial in
terest. One is a small, poorly
lighted apartment known as Queer
Mary's room; here, James j. O
England was born. The other is
the crown room; here can be seer
the great golden crown dating
from the days of Robert the Bruce
the sword of State, The scepter
and the royal jewels including the
coronation ring OF Charles 1.
Leaving the castle and strolline
down High street, the visitor soOr
reaches st. Giles cathedral. Its
curious lantern shaped tower is
noticed at once ST. Giles is the
oldest cathedral in Edinburgh; il
dates from the 18th century
Within are seen the characters
tic Scottish barrel-vaulting, hand
some stained glass windows, and
affairs of carved oak. Besides
other interesting monuments
there are seen brass tablets in
memory of Dean Hanna and Jen
ny Geddes. These recall the mem.
orable Sabbath morning in 1857
when the Dean, by order of King
Charles, came before that cOngre.
cation of Presbyterians and at.
tempted to read the service
according to Laud. When the
Dean reached "the collect for
the day. Jenny Geddes, an old
woman who kept a vegetable stall
near by, lifted the stool upon
which she had been sitting and
cried, "Collic, said ye dell collie
the name o. ye! TAX that y She
threw it at the head of the tremb.
ling Dean and thus struck the
first bow in the long battle
against 'papacy and prelacy."
John Knox often preached IN
ST. Giles cathedral. 1t was here
he preached the sermon against
Pope and Prelacy,', for which he
was summoned to appear before
Queen Mary at Holyrood. The
Queen wept as the great Ret0rmer
spoke to her and she babe him
"use more meekness in his SER
mons,'. but she knocked so hasti
ly upon, her heart that she often
requested her page for handker.
chiefs to dry Der tears
Leaving the Cathedral, near by
is seen a figure of a heart in the
pavement; this marks the site of
the old prison known as the 'Heart
of Midlothian" immortalized by