Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-02

Scottish Bens and I.ochs loom I'm nv,
jestic and wild The English scenery
Is tranquil and restful. the Scottish
grand and turbulent.
FROM the lake region we went to
S'iiilig. arriving there just i'm time 10
sc me castle at sunset. AS the clos
iiiS i'our was near at hand, we took a
snort cut up the hill. going through the
dlrtiest and filthiest region we had
ever seen. The people in a semi-ani-
maj condition, actually revelled in the
StaShant conditions about them and
we We're glad enough to breathe the
pure air OF the height upon which the
castle IS situated.
we had Il queer little old guide on
mat occasion. one who gave us much
unrelia bic and exaggerated information.
and he fabricated stories out of his
own fertile brain. II became very
eNasreratel with us when we could
not see q small cross two ~ three
miles distant. which marked the battle
OF 8annockburn. Wlera Robert Bruce
won the victory over Edward II.
Al around the royal walk he lead us
entertaining US with his: decided
opinions. Stopping in one place he
showed us the Firth of Forth. about as
large as our kcnnebec river and turn
ing 20 us he said with pride:
That. ladies and tlemen. is the
largest and longest river in the world. :"
At Il suppressed sigglr from tn"
crowd. he shot such a glance that the
| boi'lcst was silenced. The castle has
teen turned into barracks now. so thar
entrance only To the Douglas room is
possible. but its exterior is far moro
| interesting. with its fine walks COM
handing a view Of all the surrounding
| country. On one part IF the castle
We saw the thistle over the rose. and
the rose over the thistle. representing
! the union Of Scotland and England
which took place. 50 our guard in
formed us again and again. in 1907.
! But the castle interested US most III
| having been so closely connected with
the sad history of Queen Mary Stuart.
who must have felt many and many q
time like saying those very words that
Buns made her say:
Il was the Queen O. bonnie France,
| Where happy I hae been
Flu lightly raise I in the morn
! As Little lay down at cen:
And I'm the so'reign of Scotland.
And monie Il traitor there:
| Yet here lie in foreign lands.
! AnG never-endin9 care.
Closely connected historically with
, Stirling Castle is the one Al Edinburgh.
where from a high window at Il dizzy
height, Queen Mary's son was lowered
in q basket. and ntruSted to her Cath0-
lie friends to be educated in their faith
II WAS here in this castle that there
is the only burial ground in the world
for dogs. In appearance it is minia-
ture cemetery such as we are accus-
toned to see.
Here too on the day that we visited
the city. the Argyle and Sutherland
Highlanders We're drilling in front OF
the castle Pictures of old Scottish
chivaIry came to our minds. as we saw
these soldiers in their plaids standing
motionless, waiting for orders; but alsts
when the time came to move. some
went one way, some another. while {
group near us began playing tag viii
each others. and the heltcr-skeltnr way
in which they drilled plainly showed
that the spirit which prompted thcir
ancestors was certainly lacking il
them. So much had modern Edinbursl
fallen from our ideal city. that VIC Were
glad to leave it for Melrose. the for
mer scene of Scottish minstrelsy and
valor
1.-THE third letter will be on Melrose
Abhottsford and the Abbey; Chester
including a trip down the Dee; and
Ludlow. Walos.l
MABEL FRANCES KNIGHT