The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . Theremains of the battery he threw up are still call Cromwells Holes. This placehas long been in the possession of the Howards. Tlie castle was Avidelyfamed for its collection of curiosities, more or less authentic. Thus, there Avere alarge white hat, said to have covered no less a head than Thomas Beckets; anda picture of silk embroidery representing the Crucifixion, Avorked by the royalhands of Mary Queen of Scots. A fire in 1868 played sad havoc among theseoddities; but you may still admi
The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . Theremains of the battery he threw up are still call Cromwells Holes. This placehas long been in the possession of the Howards. Tlie castle was Avidelyfamed for its collection of curiosities, more or less authentic. Thus, there Avere alarge white hat, said to have covered no less a head than Thomas Beckets; anda picture of silk embroidery representing the Crucifixion, Avorked by the royalhands of Mary Queen of Scots. A fire in 1868 played sad havoc among theseoddities; but you may still admii-e the great park with its deer and its ponds, and thecliarming prospects of the Lake mountains Avdiich you have from the castle windows. And noAV we are in Carlisle tOAvn—to-day a thriving, Avell-built, but, after all, 308 nrVKIlS OF GREAT BRITAIN. [The EnEX. not very remarkable place. Here as elsewhere, romance lias fled, and prosaiccomfort takes its place. Merrie Carlisle the ballads call it. Do vou wonderwhy y It was in the very centre nf border warfare: some eiirht miles n<irtli lav the. VIEW rnoM ,LOOKING TOWARDS {p. 306). Debatable Land —forcenturies a bone of con-tention between .Scotsand English. In fre-(juent incm-sions theXortliman wasted the countrv far andnear, and the Avarder. as he lof)ked fromthe Scots Gate—so they termed the northern ])ort ofthe citadel—could see robber bands movino: here andthere, and note the country round dotted with fireand smoke; but against t]u> .stron<r walls of they dashed themselves in vain. Here was a secure haven of refuge—heieat least was peace and comfort, Avhatever red ruin wasted either border; nav, thetown throve on the ver\ disorder; an the bullocks and horses were cheap and good,what need to incjuire too curioasly whence tliey <ame ? Far better to get andjiart with theiu quickly and (juietly and jirofitably. Even if the seller was a Scot,come there in time of truce,
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