. The land of heather . owerto level and disintegrate, and of the constant efforts ofthe elements to wipe out everything that lifts itselfabove the general level, though man, too, in thisinstance, has had much to do with the I took leave of bonnie Scotland and journeyedsouthward into England, a section more beautiful, per-haps, to the eye, but certainly not one which appealsmore forcibly to the imagination. I doubt if any landhas the fortune to be as widely loved by those notnative to its soil as this country of the heather. Itsglens and hills, its woods and shrubby dens, its b
. The land of heather . owerto level and disintegrate, and of the constant efforts ofthe elements to wipe out everything that lifts itselfabove the general level, though man, too, in thisinstance, has had much to do with the I took leave of bonnie Scotland and journeyedsouthward into England, a section more beautiful, per-haps, to the eye, but certainly not one which appealsmore forcibly to the imagination. I doubt if any landhas the fortune to be as widely loved by those notnative to its soil as this country of the heather. Itsglens and hills, its woods and shrubby dens, its brackenslopes and moorland heights, its noisy streams andits mountain-girded lochs have won the affection ofthe whole English-speaking race. Then there is its 258 The Land of Heather past, its days of heroism and romance, that live for usin history and song, and, more than all, in the magicpages of Sir Walter Scott. Finally, Scotland is thjhome of one of the most hardy, thrifty, brave, andwarm-hearted races in the A Castle of the Black Douglas t) RD-95- %W^ ,^^ ^*. ^yiW ^^ ^^
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