The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-03-10


OF Balmois hotels. Fourteenth day-EaTly 1
train for DuuhaTton and sail Loeb LomOnd 4
10 InveIsuaid- Steamer ca Lceh kstrine, through /
the famous Tr0ssachs 10 Stirring a peep at the /
historic castle and evening train 90 Edinburgh ]
tCathcdral or Old Ship hotels Fifteenth day I
Sights Of Edinburgh and nights rest again at 4
same hotel. Sixteenth day jsit % MelT0se Alb I
beg ard train for Ahboitsford. the home Of Sir
Walter scott Night at YORK. England (Black I
Swan, scaRln's OF NoTthCastem hotels.
There is one mans memory that is en- |
twined with almost every place and thing
in Scotland. To be sure, Robert Burns
and other Scotch poets, as well as the
great names Of history, have left their
Impress, but before all stands Scott who
by his immortal novels. as well as by
his lays. has endeared 20 Us Of other lands
not only the history and legends Of Scot
land but made us love Its hills and
heather.
Glasgow is the chief commercial city
Of Scotland. and its docks are one Of the
sights 10 see being thronged with yes
sells from every corner Of the world.
The great cathedral built in the twelfth
century boasts magnificent stained-giass
windows, mostly made in Munich In
modern times. and the curious crypt well
repays a visit. The cathedral seems Ike
an old friend for we knew it first from
the pages Of Rob BOY" and particularly
in this land o. the Scot will We feel al
home. as many Of its places, although
visited for the first time, are indeed old
friends.
Early in the morning we viii be off
by train for DunbartOn, for the day is TO
be "a red-letter day, as we are to sail
on Loeb LomOnd and Loeb Katrine. and
go through the famous Trossachs. A.
/ Balloch we take the steamer on Loeb
/ Lomond and have twenty-five miles Of
| exquisite scenery. our boat threading its
( way through the groups Of lovely little
wooded islands which give 10 Loeb
I Lomoud its greatest beauty. We see the
majestic peak of Ben Lomond. and would
delight 10 go with the other tourists
I who disembark At Rowardennen to make
/ an ascent, but il is a climb OF almost
/ three hours work, and to go up with pony
/ and guide costs les, so We have 10 f0rego
/ the pleasure
/ From Invorsnaid, at the end Of the
+ lake, We take a coach for StronachIscher
whore We VIII find the steamer on LOch
( katrine awaiting us. Loeb Katrine Is
/ smalI-being only about nine miles long
f but It's beautifully wooded shores, broken
/ by precipitOus, rocky cliffs. grows con
stantlv more beautiful until at length
! "Ellen's Isle bursts upon our view, and
/ the exquisite words Of The Lady Of the
Lake are recalled TO mind.
/ No one can hope to thoroughly enjoy
/ Scotland without some knowledge OF
Scott, and on shipboard the long hours
can be Wei spent by re-reading The
Lady Of the Lake" and other Of SCOTS
poems (Which viii be found in the book
/ case In the saloon) By those who have
/ forgotten the old loved declamatlons OF
] their school days.
All too soon the lake trip is over. and
we find ourselves in the famous region
/ known the world over as the Scotch
/ Trossachs-or bristling country The
/ hills are taickly wooded. and the valley
I through which We pass is wonderfully
Wild and picturesque. Our road skirts
/ Loeb VennacheT for several miles, aud
affords us q view OF the spot made IA
nous by the combat Of Fitzjamc5 and the
valiant Frederick Dhu.
But We must on 90 Stirling. for We want
q good look at the historic pile where
both James II and James Y drst saw
the light. The castle Is magnifcentIy
situated above the town on a lofty height,
and Is not only old, bat very picturesque,
and fulhlls our every expectation Of what
a castle ought TO be.
The only charge is a small gratuity to
the guide. and we are shown through the
. Douglas gardens and 20 up a flight Of
steps 10 the Douglas room. the very
room where in the hoary long ago James
II stabbed Lord Douglas. From the
points at the castle known as The
/ Lady's View and Queen Marys Look
out the view is superb, and we see Ben
/ Louond, Ben Venue, and Ben Ledi, and
over 60 tEe south the field of Bannock-
burn.
One of the most delightful things about
travel in Europe is the close proximity
OF the points of interest. Used as We
Americans are 70 long, tircsome trips by
rail in going from city 10 city, it is in
deed something wonderful to find how
snug and close together places are here.
This fact, that we lose but little time in
getting from place To place. saves much
time, expense, and fatigue. After going
all over Stirling Castle to our hearts
content. we still have time to reach Edin-
burgh by rail. where we viii put I'D for
the night, and be ready for the next days
/ sightseeing
That part OF Edinburgh known as the
Old Town. so often and so well described
by Walter Scott, is the most picturesque.
dating back to the sixteenth century,
when it was rebuilt after the great FIRE.
Ii is now the home Of the poorer classes.
but the wonderful old houses with their
icrazy-looking roofs-often topping eleven
and twelve stoTies-is Of greater inter
est than the more fashionable part of the
city. The history of the city is almost
the history of Edinburgh Castle itself, for
they are inseparably bound together We
win need all the breath we have in sight
seeing here, for the city is built upon d
high cleft Of rock with steep ravines
between. and even the walk UP Prince
street and The Mound to the castle mag
nificently situated upon a massive rock
viii prove what We are worth as pedes-
TRANS. As we reach at last our destina-
ton, and gaze up with delight at the
beetling towers Of the frowning castle
and fortress, it almost seems as if the
dark eyes OF poor Queen Mary might
be looking down from one of the massive
easements upon us. and in mind we can
see again those bio ody days when Crom-
we'll and his host besieged and took the
castle in the seventeenth century.
There is no charge at all for entering
the castle grounds. but-as is very fire.
quently the Case-an admission fee IS
| asked for viewing the interior. It is 4
matter of personal choice whether Il is
worth the les al. asked In this instance.
for. as a matter OF fact. after the first
novelty of viewing castles is over. they
have a very general resemblance.
| In fact, there is a very confusing SINH
larity to many of the ruins castles. and
even cities themselves to some tourists.