. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . usiastic anglers there is little or nothing to attract us in the route to See the Reminisctnces of Lord Ronald Gower, for aa artless picture, drawn by a manly filial hand, of a nobleand beautiful life. SCOTTISH PICTURES. Halkirk and Thurso. The last-named town, however, is finely situated ona wide bay, and after the little villages and the scanty population withwhich we have lately become familiar, is somewhat surprising from its size andsubstantial appearance. The piles of paving-stones in the yards and on thewharf will attract every visitors n
. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . usiastic anglers there is little or nothing to attract us in the route to See the Reminisctnces of Lord Ronald Gower, for aa artless picture, drawn by a manly filial hand, of a nobleand beautiful life. SCOTTISH PICTURES. Halkirk and Thurso. The last-named town, however, is finely situated ona wide bay, and after the little villages and the scanty population withwhich we have lately become familiar, is somewhat surprising from its size andsubstantial appearance. The piles of paving-stones in the yards and on thewharf will attract every visitors notice. They belong to the old Devonianred sandstone, and are sent all over the kingdom. Many visitors will recallthe name of Robert Dick, the baker of Thurso, who amid the greatestprivations attained to a mastery of geological and botanical science, whichhas placed his name among the highest in the rank of self-taught is a handsome obelisk in the cemetery, to his memory. But it is to John o Groats House that the curious traveller will. desire to wend his way. Jliis extreme ^^ S^^^-^^^J::^^northerly point of Scotland may be reached by road, either from Wick along the eastern coast or from Thursoalcng the north. The ruins of the famous House are still to be seen, andthere is now a comfortable inn, coniinaniling a fine view over the ientlandiMrth, and embracing the Orkney Isles. Who knows not the legend ?Yet we may tell it again for old associations sake. The family of Groat,it is said, was of 1 )ut(;Ii descent ; Groat, or Groot, being the same name asthat which in its Latin form, Grotins, is so famous. The founder of theScottish branch of this family was, however, a L(nvhuuler, who in the reignof James the Fourth .settled in this norllicrn region. His descendants JOHN O GROATS HOUSE: THE ORKNEYS. 201 became numerous, and eight several heads of households were accustomed toassemble once a year to celebrate the memory of their ancestor. A disputearose concerning precedenc
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