The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17

That make her loved at homo. reyered ! broad e
5co o MANY American ms tour the lsrt 1 fish
~ Isles during the summer tha a brief
- glance OF the facilities offered the
tourist to explore the land of Burns and md
briefer glance OF the ma tural beaptic :s OF
the country, 4 are Just now peculiar sap p.
rropriatc. s4 IL
RI scotsmen have proclaimed Robert Burns rms
their ma ttonal saint, The selectlonsis ma t
ural. but It seems lacking in gratitude
Judging by pecuniary results, which a re
supposed to appeal to scotsmen above q i
other sconsldcrati lions, hey q re undouptedSl--
is greater debtors to Sir Walter Scott
than to the Ayrshire ba I'd For u is y n
disputable that tho author Of the VVave 1
ley, novels discovered his native land 81 20
the world. md that the 1 son g Il and story DRY
which flowed in SO 5copious q strea m from IN
his pen are still mainly resp onsible for the
common ambition to pa & at lea st one holi oil
daySyisIt to theromantic North,
Y TO the holi ay-seeker the land of Scott
offers bewilderlng embarra ssme1it t Of
riches. Hardly has the border been cross
ed on the west coast route ere the tourist
finds himself amid scenes Of rare natural at.
beauty and world wide human interest,
for the Il Carlyle country. lies o6ly few
miles north of the Solway. No, one will
regret spending a few days q 81 le-
fechan. making it the centre IN renee to
visit the early homes Of Carlyle: \
III. 1,f, y1,or
he learned his first lessons, the graveyard
(which he sleeps all these lie within the
radius OF q few hundred yards. And
withnsthe compass of a few miles nre the
farmhouses Of Mainhill, II ddam Hi and
scotsbrig, all OF which have their sew
eral interesting associations Will. Car.
lyle career. IS
The Haunts Of Burns.
Further north from Ecclefechnn to the
west lie the Ayrshire homes and haunts
Of Burns; to the east Is the ssrornantlc :
,Tweedslde which enshrines the memory o.
Scott. Each district has natural pea y
ties peculiar to itself, but for INC E ' "
ljsl! tourist 4AbbotsfordS may. pernRp p g
recommended In ference 70 A Aa'' ~ s
choice has to be made. J.
Even the most vehement detrnct or. 5 9 :
Glasgow will admit that II Is an excel 4,:
lent place to A get away from! n otner
words. itsis perhaps the most con eniehs !.
centre In all Scotland for the purposes q
the tourist # he Is possessed g " sc.
sire 10 sample the ~ hlahGs,,
is easy to satisfy it from GLE sgoW. VII VIZ.
steamers well-nppointed and demtand1ns
. hs,,rllv small sums in the shape OF fares,
ply down the Firth Of clyde through me ne
bewitching reaches OF the Kylest Of 4 Isute
nd & on between the rugged shores 81
I och Fyne At the head 81 the loch the
tourist will have spread before MIN inc ne
famed beauties of Inyerary, 81 /, !,
He viii admire the sombre woods, anna
which the home Of the Argylls z mas s'ts
setting, nor can he failttoS pc fasclna t .st
81 Tie picturesque rock of Duniquoich,
Ia ,sing It's scathed brow into the mists
e the middle sky, while q solitary wa zen
tower. perched on Its top like an eagle
nest, gives dignity to the scene py ava w ~
enins q sense Of possible DANCE
The Isle OF Arran.
Among the many ISLANDS which bestreW
the western shores OF Scotland none can
compare with the island OF ARA n, More
over h ia only an hour and q hal dis
tant from Glasgow, and the cheapness
AZ transit th!ther may be cited as y ~ pl-
"a 4 example of the bargains the tourist
can secure In Scotland IN the sha Pc OF
train and boat fares. The best way TO
rsocl, 4 IRA i, is by train on the Glasgo W md
South Wester Railway to a rdrossan, nd
thence BY boat to Brodlck. The rail- jour-
, nav measures thirty,one miles, and the
sen Journey adds another fifteen TO tho
fofals Yet for these forty-six miles OF
travelling the frst,clnss return Il fare T lts
only 81 80, 4. +. 81
Many forbid den legends q 70 ri sas to
tha fancy prices demanded by the Ar
ran . folk for their tiny GOT ages, but the
fnct isEthat hotel and other accomlnnda-
ton can be obtained at rs reasonable q
rate here ms IN any other parteof the
art ts
island. especially " the ascent iot Goatfsll