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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1887)
THE FAIIt CITY OF PKIITIL Hear Iah I o' Cac, nl tritlwr N-.4;a, l rnj Mi lri:kirk to Juhnnjr On!, A iliilcl'd tmirig J"U talking Mrf And faith, lVll riitlt; !!' ta'rn Iho af levari frtufc, I think I); rati It. PEKTH ii moro Attractive in iU iar- alteration of the road, from a ipot callM rounding than in iMf, though ' The Wicla of Haiglie. ling j the town lay claim to Homo archi. c ic of niche at which tho travel' r. tcctural elcganc an J iU prettine, if we aftr a long uge from Klnrt, not it LcMthfalnH, ii increaaetl ty the through a wato of utitntrr tir. coun. ainuositicaof tho Tay, the pride of 8cU try, ami from bich, m forming a pa land, through iU tnulnt orrr tho aaramit of a rMgM e mtoenc, (irr.t Tay, thr.h IVrth, thrh bii.., ,i0 iM, tn tcM k1 Ura' U tlirvtih numtry flir- valley of the Tay, trawrtl by iU lordly lVrthtlto )to!n klnUm ith hmralth anil ample atrratn; the town of IVrth, mppto'. with iU two Urge inflow, of inrhr, It is a place of great antiquity, ami ac- iU ativple ami iU tower; the hilUof cording to tradition, it waa near a Monrrirff ami Kinmmll faintly rUing beyond the wooded height of the Clor. into picturcijuo rod, partly rlothM on Crag, on which tho Itoman army, un. with won.1; tho rich margin of the rir. tier Agricola, atorxl entranced with the rr, atuMM with elegant manio?;; ami matehle tie, ami exclaimed ,lEcce thoditUnt view of the huge Oram plan Tiber! Ecce Campu Martiui!" (the mountain, the northern amn of thi Tay and ita meadow, or inchca). To exquiaito lamleje.M Tlie leveling ipir. thi boat M AnonymouM Uioa respond it of the age ha dtroyed thl viw. in M The Fair Maul of IVrth," with whone Arriving by rail tuuUt Ue hill, we be opinion I heartily coincide, hiring U n tnmi of it alio to compare the Iloman ami the The hill of Kinmtill ru in roman iVrthnbiro riv r tic mjly frora th north tlU of the IvUMiUT,t-r!"tu!n IimoU, Tay, with Moredan. or MonrfM, the Viriri4tharii!iTayfn !'!'!,' glory of BnutUn 1, on the opj4tte, or P.ut tint iU ttA that I tU a-;M ty, HoulrVrn, aide. TlffO i, of Coarw, no Anl U IU my T.Ur t 4 tU Ta;. (jf U,fl$ kUt 1,,4, WULPtlt, Scott wa enraptured with thi view will thme hraliLV, arl rr-rt ip early in life, ami many year IitUr thv. that Kicnotill ofu-n acrveil uahitif. clarel ho bad haI ft reao V) alter Li place for Wallare wl.fo pyra-l ty lit opinion. He thu writf of it: "One of ec-ta'k, arl thai aorne prrc'4 tH- the mfjat leaatifcl poitt of riew which are a1ully to U tuuA on Kittoyll IJritAin, or jr-rhap the world, cn affonh hill-amdhyit, of a pile a -grn eI. ia, or rather we may aay wa, Ufore the or, or whit, a&! occaaliitally Uabt;fal