The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-05

(the Allan Water 81 one u Burns
poemsl. and round back Of tn" purple
hills Of the ochiIs This : an open
pastoral H3gh UP on the LETT
I get my frst sight OF the GrNfnpiah
Hills. No doubt a. a school boy or
girl YOU have recited
My name is NorvaI. from she Gram
plan Hills" etc.
Ben Werlich and Stuc-a-Chroin
stand up against the skv.
In all times this has been the great
main road 10 the North Of Scotland.
Three miles north of Greenloanin. the
next station 70 Dunblane. lie the Won
derfuliy perfect remains of the great
central Roman Camp OF Ardoch
There are in all -four camps covering
1870 acres. This is said 10 be a very
cold region in winter. and IL was not
a warm one b. any means the last II
May. My winter underwear and
o%vercoat were not uncomfortable. IN
fact, hardly comfortable Crossing
running through the wicks tcreeks)
of Baiglie ana a tunnel, the train
stands still at Perth. Perth. long the
capital, was the scene of many dra-
matte episodes OF history. Here
Wallace and Bruce both acted some
of their most daring adventures. Here
on the North Inch Usland) before
Robert III. was fought the great night
between the Clan Quhele and the
Clan Kay. The town is famous 10
novel readers as the scene OF scott's
Fair Maid Of Perth. At Perth /
changed cars TO the Highland Railway
All through Scotland the flrths, long
arms of the sea. into which rivers
enter. penetrate far inland. The
Firth of Forth at Stirling and Firth
country is more than forty miles from
the sea. therefore the sea birds are
almost as common as the land birds
in Scotland. From the train | had
noticed following the plough and fly
ing over the barns a large white bird
with greyish wings. the lightest, soft
est. most graceful m~otional looking
bird TO me that l had ever seen. Gulls
l had seen on the water following the
ships. hungry, clamorous gulls, and
pigeons. At Stanley on this, the
Highland Railway. W. are between
"Birnam Wood and D%unsinane"
whence Macduf marched to defeat
Macbeth. Thence the Highland line
runs north to Dunkeld, with It's
cathedral by the famous summer re-
sort of Pitlochry, the Falls of Gummel
and the Pass Of Killiecrankie, where
fell the Marquis of Montrose. Bonnie
Dundee
II fought at land, 1 fought at sea,
At hane [ fought my Auntie, O;
But ! met the Devil and Dundee
the braeS of Killiecrankie. O."
Between Dunkeld and Blair Attrole
next station we were passing the
famous Scotch regiment of cavalry, the
GreyS. This Is one of the regi-
nents That made history at Waterloo.
regiment was not all together. but
as we did in the Confederate
army when there was not a fight
head, that is. in loose marching or
der. Some of the companies. though
seemingly under command of non
commissioned officers, were marching
their men in companies. 1t was a
sight, the country road. shaded
by birch and pine trees, winding along
he foot of the hills, and for miles the
grey horses with the riders in service
of brown Khaki. This regi-
lnent had been stationed at Edin-
burgh since the Peninsular War, and
now they had been ordered to Blair
Attrole at the foot of the Grampian
Mountains for summe encampment:
hence they were to go to England
Dur kinsmen across the water are OPP
folk were UP in arms.
Blair Attrole along Gren Garry
md the Garry river, the scenery is
like the scenery in Western
Carolina. only the trees are
mostly Scotch frs and pines.
1 hardly think one could imagine
more gloomy and God-for-
'aken looking h the desolate Gram
)lan Mountains, the great granite
masses SCARED and scanned, bare of
rees and underground. covered almost /.
at this time) with brown heather.
heir tops white with snow; at their
Get the moss hays (mossy Watery :
where peat or turf has been
tut to dry and burn), here and there
ruined deserted cottage or broken
novel, "Kidnapped,' describes the
Fanderings of Allen Brock Stewart I
md David Palfour through the moun- !
aims. The description of the noun
born could write. BY Drum /.
oucher Pass and tunnels We cross h
through Badenoch and the +
Forest Of DrUmoucht>r. We descend !
o the Valley and SpN River, down {
he Spey by kingussie. through the
treat pine forests of Grantover. Along I
he banks on the side of the railway
through these forests, as in many /
'ther places along the line, the banks {
covered with green grass were dotted
With millions of small white and ye,- {
daisies. In the fields along the
Dads embankme1t whin and broom.
Win is an evergreen shrub, thorny. c
With beautiful yellow and yellow and +
Gu IsoFeIS. Groom mas no tnDfnS :
nd also bears a yellow flower. | saw
he whin in cultivation on a lawn. 1t c
makes quite q pretty y
From Grantoyer through the Braes d
hills) of Moray. we enter the stored
ountry Of Moray, now Elginshire. s
ormeriy Morayshire. This part of O
1oray. protected by the Mountains
nd hills IN one side is of a sandy I
Oil, ard although lying along thu
frth Of Moray and inlet from the =
'orth Sea, the climate is said 10 be /
he most delightful summer and win I
er in all Scotland. Crossing the Braes
t Moray. we come in sight Of Find a
orn Loeb (Lake) and Firth Of Moray; g
rev miles more and | am in Forres, p
ne home OF my ancestors for four
undre,i years, and IL any reader OF -
his Is as tired of reading as l am of -
'ritine. he is ready for a rest until :
notker day. A. b. STRONACH. .
A Worthy Deed. =
dittleton News-Reporter.) d
Littleton Hosiery Mil has EMPLOYED b
Lula Jackson to teach a night.
,hool for the benefit of the mill. Two
nd one-ha'f hours each night of the !