Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . rging from the tunnel, shortly after leaving thestation at Edinburgh, a fine view is obtained, on the right, ofArthurs Seat, Iloljrood Palace, and ruins of St. AnthonysChapel. Passing Portobeilo, the principal watering-place ofthe inhabitants of Edinburgh, and the village of Dalkeith, theline skirts the grounds of Dalhousie Castle, affording in itsprogress a beautiful prospect of the Pentland Hills to the to Gorebridge Station, on the left, are the ruins of Gore-bridge Castle. A little beyond the station, after passing throughtwo short tunn
Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . rging from the tunnel, shortly after leaving thestation at Edinburgh, a fine view is obtained, on the right, ofArthurs Seat, Iloljrood Palace, and ruins of St. AnthonysChapel. Passing Portobeilo, the principal watering-place ofthe inhabitants of Edinburgh, and the village of Dalkeith, theline skirts the grounds of Dalhousie Castle, affording in itsprogress a beautiful prospect of the Pentland Hills to the to Gorebridge Station, on the left, are the ruins of Gore-bridge Castle. A little beyond the station, after passing throughtwo short , a glance may be had, on the right, of ArnistonHouse, the ancient seat of the Dundases of Arniston, a familyconspicuous in the legal and political history of two miles further on, we come in sight of Borthwickvillage and the ruins of Borthwick Castle on the right, andthose of Crichton Castle on the left, both beautifully situated NORTH BRITISH & BERWICK & KELSO RAILWAYS. EDINBURGH TO HAWICK. HAWICK TO GALASniELS—SELKIRK. 97 iu the valley of the Tyne, (see page 92.) A little beyond HeriotStation, to the left, is Crookston (J. Borthwick, Esq.) Proceeding onwards, we reach Stow Station, opposite theancient and irregular village of the same name, situated in themiddle of a district which formerly bore the name of We-dale(the Vale of Wo). The whole of this territory belonged at onetime to the Bishops of St. Andrews, and many of their chartersare dated from We-dale. The line now crosses the LugateWater by a viaduct, and reaches Crosslee, on the confines of thecounty of Roxburgh. The river Gala here forms the boundarybetween the counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk, and the alder,birch, and hazel, are found in abundance on its banks. The Braw Lads of Gala AVater are celebrated in Burnss well-known beautiful lyric of that name. In the immediate neigh-bourhood, but not visible from the line, is ToRWoonLEE, themansion of Pringle of Torwoodlee. Galashiels [Inns
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