. Memorial of the royal progress in Scotland . ic loyalty could have endured, carried animmense quantity of fuel, and a great many tar barrels, to thesummit of Ben Nevis, 4350 feet high, and second only in statureto Benmachdhuie among the Scottish Alps. AVhile this lofty beaconblazed on the mountain top, a salute was fired from the ruinedwalls of the royal and ancient castle of Inverlochy on the plainsbelow, now the property of the Hon. R. C. Scarlett. In this castle,treaties are said to have been signed between Charlemagne andthe early Kings of Scotland ; and the ground immediately under itsw
. Memorial of the royal progress in Scotland . ic loyalty could have endured, carried animmense quantity of fuel, and a great many tar barrels, to thesummit of Ben Nevis, 4350 feet high, and second only in statureto Benmachdhuie among the Scottish Alps. AVhile this lofty beaconblazed on the mountain top, a salute was fired from the ruinedwalls of the royal and ancient castle of Inverlochy on the plainsbelow, now the property of the Hon. R. C. Scarlett. In this castle,treaties are said to have been signed between Charlemagne andthe early Kings of Scotland ; and the ground immediately under itswalls was the scene of the battle betwixt Montrose and the booming of guns awoke the echoes of Locheill, Ardgour,Glen Nevis, and the other wild glens in the neighbourhood, thepassing clouds of mist on the mountain occasionally veiled theblazing beacon; and ever and anon, as the breeze cleared themaway, it burst forth with Vesuvian splendour, that shed a red glareon every mountain-top around. CHAPTER IV. PREPARATIONS IN AviNG followed Her Majesty throughout the voy-age, until the gallant flotilla that conveyed her wassafely anchored on the night of the third day with-in the shelter of the pretty island of Inchkeith, itmay be well to give some account of the bustlethat prevailed in the Scottish metropolis, whereall were so anxious to behold her sacred person. Every one acquainted with Edinburgh, is well aware, that, crowdedand busy as her streets are during the winter months of the year,when the Courts are sitting — when the University, the Schools,the Societies, the gaieties of the city, the killing ennui of the coun-try, and the severity of the weather, conspire to draw and todrive people into it, like woodcocks into cover, it is frequentlyquite deserted during the best months of summer and of autumn ;and that, especially, towards the end of August and beginning ofSeptember, the causeway of some of its most important squares andplaces—such as Charlo
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