THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 3, 1912
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MR. DABNEY WRITES
OF TRIP ABROAD
(Continued from Uat week)
Melrose.
Melrote lg an ol(lfanhlonecl Scotch
town, with a scattering population of
about 2D0O. It la located on the hillx
about a mile from the river Tweed
and overlooks the little valley, which
la covered with grovea, pastures and
Kmull farms.
The Melrose Abbey, founded In 113B,
Is as fine an old ruin as one may
wish to see. Inside Its walls is a
three-cornered stone, which marks the
place where the heart of Hruce lies
burled, and another stone near by
marks the grave of Alexander II. Many
Kreen vines are gently twining over
some of the desolated walls. In the
little cemetery adjoining, there are
many tombstones, whose only inscrip
tion Is the tikull and crossbones.
The Kllder Hills, a mile away, tower
up 1 :!(( to 14W feet, and it was to
those beautiful hills that Scott used
to love to wander and point out the
many places made famous In war and
verse.
Abbotiford.
Abbottford, the home of Scott. Is
two miles west of Melrose and in going
to it one passes the old house of seven
gables.
Abbotsford is indeed a beautiful and
a romantic place. The great stone
building of forty rooms stands on the
sloping hillside about 300 yards from
the river, and from the large windows
one can look out and see the clear,
bright waters rippling along over the
mossy rocks, while the long sloping
hills beyond divided off Into fields arid
pastures and interspersed with various
sized groves and winding rock fences,
'end enchantment.
In looking around one can imagine
that every vale and hill were perme
ated with inspiration of that character
that has made the place famous. In
the various rooms of the palace are
countless curiosities and treasure of
bygone days.
Looking out of the library window,
one can see a little monument In one
corner of the yard. It marks the rest
ing place of the dog that Scott loved
so well, t
Ruina Are Romantic.
Dryburg Abbey, considered one of
the most charming monastic ruins in
(ireat lirlluln, is five miles from Mel
rose and is where Scott and his loved
ones are buried.
Edinburgh Attracts.
Edinburgh is a commercial city of
300,000 people, located on the Kiver
Forth, and is splendidly built up with
most all stone buildings. In the more
modern part of the city the streets
are broad and well paved. It has many
pretty parks and splendid monuments,
and among the monuments on C'alton
Hill I noticed that of IJncoln. It is
about 15 feet high; its base is of pol
ished red granite, from which a freed
slave is looking up to the life size
bronze cast of the great president. The
monument was erected by Scotch and
other Americans.
The Waverly railroad station is the
largest In the I'nited Kingdom. It
covers 23 acres of ground, ll'j of
which are under cover.
There Is a great gulch dividing the
old from the more modern part of the
city, the older part having been set
tled for more than lOoo years, and Cas
tle Hill, as It Is called, was the abode
of the Scottish nobility until the mid
dle of the lsth century, when they
gradually began to build up and move
to the north side of the gulch; hence
their fine spacious buildings were di
vided up into smaller apartments and
are now occupied by small shops, etc.
There Is one long street extending
from the llollyrood palace to the cas
tle, which bears three names Canon
gate, High and Lawnmarket. High
street Is the more central, and In pass
ing along It we come to John Knox's
house, which projects out Into the
street much beyond those around it.
The first story is used as a store or
shop, and the entrance to the Knox
apartments Is reached by an outside
stairway. The buildings along the
street are from three to five stories
high, built up solidly along both sides
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of the street and pierced at short In
tervals by closes and courts, which
give access to densely peopled habita
tions. Kach court bears some name,
as "Dunbas's Close," "Writers' Court,"
etc.
It is Indeed Interesting to go back
Into some of those places; one may see
many Interesting people. The children
will gather around the stranger and
will tell and point out this and that
room or building that was once occu
pied by Scott, Burns. Allen Ramsey
and many other people of note. For
another sixpence they will make your
head ring for a whole day with beau
tiful quotations from Scottish poems.
Further up on High street we pass
the St. (iiles Cathedral. It is a beau
tiful edifice, dating back to 1120, and
It was In this building that the ven
erable Knox did much of his good
work.
Hollyrood Is a beautiful old palace
and has given shelter to many famous
personages.
As we go along to the further end
of I.awnmarket street we come to the
great castle, which is located on the
high, rocky prominence '400 feet higher
than the land around It, except where
the street enters It by a graveled slope.
Few cities can show such natural
advantages for a military fort. Its lo-
I cation as such dates back to the sixth
: century.
I Walls Seventeen Feet Thick.
I'pon entering the caBtle one crosses
the drawbridge over the moat and
! passes through the gateway represent
! ing the outer fort, and then on up the
I winding way which leads to the an
- clent portcullis gate underneath a
great tower, the walls of which vary
I from 10 to 17 feet in thickness. One
J may spend hours looking around
through the different rooms and study
ing the architecture and plans of the
old walls, as well as the prison cells
and dungeons, some of them cut down
deep into the solid rock.
In the castle yards one will see
many old cannons used In the 15th cen
tury. The most noted one, "Moss
Meg." Is 22 feet long and did its bloody
work at the siege of Dunbarton and
other places.
Just back of this old gun on the
citadel stands St. Margaret's chapel.
It is the oldest and smallest building
of its kind in Edinburg. It Is 10 by 30
feet inside, with walls three feet thick.
It has three windows, 12 by 24 inches,
one side and one window the same size
In each end. The floor Is of the hard
natural rock.
There are many other places of in
terest to the tourist in and around the
city. Musselbrough Is a few miles out
and is located on the Kiver Ksk. It is
a very quaint place. There is an old
Roman bridge across the river and
from it one can see the battleground
near where Queen Mary surrendered
to the insurgent nobles in 15ti7.
An old parish church occupies the
site of a Roman fort and It was In
this church that Cromwell stabled his
horses. The big house at the eastern
end of the town is nestled in among
beautiful trees and shrubs in the cen
ter of a 70-acre tract. It is an ancient
country mansion, which afforded shel
ter to Prince Charles Edward and his
officers. A secret passageway leads
from It to the beach, nearly half a mile
away.
Through the courtesy of Colonel
Hope, the present owner, we were
shown through the 40-room old man
sion, with Its beautiful furniture, tine
tapestries and extensive library.
From Edinburgh we drove out nine
miles to the great bridge across the
Firth of Forth. It Is Indeed one of the
wonders of modern engineering. It is
one and one-half miles in length and
450 feet high from base to highest
point. The main piers of the canti
levers are steel tubes 12 feet In diam
eter and carried up 370 feet, while the
walls are 1C0 feet above high water.
It required CO.OoO tons of iron and
Bteel, Including 32 miles of bent plate,
for the tubes, the whole being riveted
together with millions of rivets. It
covers a metal surface of 25 acres and
required 200 tons of paint and 3.'.ihhi
gallons of oil for painting it over once.
Fifty men are constantly employed to
do the painting, and it takes them
three years to paint It over once. It
Is strictly a railroad bridge, double
track, and there are scarcely ten min
utes in the 24 hours but that a train
is passing over It.
On our way to the bridge we passed
by Lord Ramsey's estate, containing
35,000 acres of beautiful land. It is
fenced on two sides with a dressed
stone wall seven feet high, costing
nearly $700 per square yard. This
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work was done to give the people work
during a famine 70 years ago. Ad
ioinitig lliiH place is the Ixrd Rose
liury's estate, containing many thou
sands of beautiful acres, with an el
gant country mansion, and near It are
ery extensive paracrine works, where
from the soft reddish shale they are
extracting great quantities of paraffine
oil.
Sterling, located near the River
I'orth. has 3o,oimi inhabitants and from
a historical standpoint U very inter-p-tlni;.
For ages it was the gateway
to the highlands of Scotland, owing to
its proximity to the old bridge across
the Kiver Forth, which was the key to
the Scotch highlands for many centur
ies. The bridge is built of dressed
stone, having four large arches and a
strong iron gate. For many years it
was the only place to cross the river
with vehicles for more than r,o miles.
It was near here that the great battle
of Sterling Hridge was fought, and as
we wander along the narrow winding
streets and stop occasionally to visit
the old church and cathedrals, it
brings to memory many incidents
noted in Scottish history.
Epitaph Is Peculiar.
We next visited the cemetery, which
contains many old monuments, and on
an old sun dial near I.uclie s Rock I
noticed carved the following peculiar
inscription: "I am a shadow, so art
thou; I mark time, doest thou?"
From here we went up the esplanade
to Sterling Castle, one of the most
noted in Scottish history, and as we en
ter the portcullis gateway, which Is
about nine feet wide, we notice Its
construction, which is a framework of
iron bars fitted into grooves In the
stone at each side. It is raised and
lowered with chains and windlass.
Just inside are heavy wooden doors
almost covered with braces of Iron and
bolts and this door closes Inside when
the gate is dropped.
We are now inside the walls and
are shown by one of the guides the
many places of interest. In the Doug
las room there is an obi communion
table with the date l.n, used in the
castle by John Knox; also his pulpit;
the cradle and chair used by James VI,
and so on. Kvery room has more or
less interest, and we may go down
into the gloomy dungeons deep in the
rocks under the castle, where many a
weary prisoner passed away his last
sad moments.
From the castle, which is located on
a high rocky butte, one may look over
the valley for miles to the south and
east and see beautiful fields and mea
dows, while to the north and west the
I bills are do'ted w ith groves, farms snd
pasture Kind, and away beyond Is llvti
l-onioml and other mountain.
From Sterling we drove out to th
Abbey of Cambuskeiineth. hut the old
tall tower is all that remains. Near It
jls the tomb of Jamei HI From thert
i we went out to the old bn'tletleld of
liannockburn, and o.ir Si otch guide,
i with fonif degree f.f pride, pointed out
the different positions and the field
maneuvers of the two armies, when
I!ruce, with .'in. brave Scotch High
landers, deitatid and put to route the
Knglish army of itu.uini.
Aberfoyle.
We arrived at AUrfo; le on Saturday
evening and remained until Monda''
morning, sto; ping at the old luiley.
During our stay much time was spei
roaming over the bills Aberfoyle I
a small village at the foot 01 the hilU
by that name. The scenery round
about is very pretty and interesting.
.The hills are covered with heather,
'with occasional scattering trees nnd
I groves. .Many sheep and cattle roam
ling at will may be seen on the various
I hillsides, or a deer may bound from
I its hiding ahead of you. There are
I also many peat bogs in little depres
sions on the hillsides, and in places
one will see long ricks or cords of the
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