. Memorial of the royal progress in Scotland . he Royal barge,and, as if instantaneously gifted with an intense spirit of life, off shedarted with the swiftness of a dolphin. Her advance, followed by theother boats, was exceedingly fine ; and as she shot through thecentre arch, and was launched upon the pellucid surface of thelake, loud cheers arose from the multitudes covering the bridge,and the gravel beaches, on either side, above it. When their loyalacclamations died away, a certain air of quiet reigned over thescene for some time, adding infinitely to its grandeur, and givingto it the eff
. Memorial of the royal progress in Scotland . he Royal barge,and, as if instantaneously gifted with an intense spirit of life, off shedarted with the swiftness of a dolphin. Her advance, followed by theother boats, was exceedingly fine ; and as she shot through thecentre arch, and was launched upon the pellucid surface of thelake, loud cheers arose from the multitudes covering the bridge,and the gravel beaches, on either side, above it. When their loyalacclamations died away, a certain air of quiet reigned over thescene for some time, adding infinitely to its grandeur, and givingto it the effect of a fairy dream. After passing the bridge, the boats formed in line on each quarterof the Royal barge, which now came abreast of the wooded island THE LOCH TAY VOYAGE. 3S7 where Queen Sybilla, daughter of Henry I., reposes. If her spiritcould have looked upon the passing spectacle, how wonderful to herwould have been the contrast with those of the period in which shelived! A Royal salute was fired from the batteries, and from the «ii*,^.
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