Views in Edinburgh and its vicinity; . e they civil andreligious relics alone that Ross has worked into this odd ST. BERNARD S WELJ^. Structure ; for in the same inclosure with the tower, stands theunfinished effigy of Oliver Cromwell, which the magistrates ofEdinburgh purposed to erect in the Parliament Square; it isvery generally known that the equestrian statue of Charles , at present, the above Square. Another well, equally famous with that of St. Bernard, issituated about three miles south-west of Edinburgh, called theRowUng JVell; it is a draw-well, about 35 feet deep, and ha
Views in Edinburgh and its vicinity; . e they civil andreligious relics alone that Ross has worked into this odd ST. BERNARD S WELJ^. Structure ; for in the same inclosure with the tower, stands theunfinished effigy of Oliver Cromwell, which the magistrates ofEdinburgh purposed to erect in the Parliament Square; it isvery generally known that the equestrian statue of Charles , at present, the above Square. Another well, equally famous with that of St. Bernard, issituated about three miles south-west of Edinburgh, called theRowUng JVell; it is a draw-well, about 35 feet deep, and hasobtained its name from certain noises which proceed from itpreviously to a storm. These sounds sometimes resemble thebeating of a coppersmiths largest hammers, at other times,a shower of hail falling into the water; and a violent bubbling,often raises the water more than a foot above its natural level. This Avell is one of those phenomena \vhich can be explainedin hydraulics, by the principle of intermitting and ?£,T-irii:s33iT^ saiiirjiss. ST. CUTHBERTS CHURCH. We have to revert to the days of superstition for the names ofmost of our churches and religious houses. The piety andactive benevolence of good men of yore^ impelled them totraverse sea and land^ to diffuse the blessings of salvationamong the heathen : yet whether St. Cuthbert himself wasactually the founder of the churchy which still bears hisname, or whether some holy l>rothers of his order establishedthemselves on the site of it, is probably a matter of littleconsequence. Mention is made of a church here as early asthe year 105^, when donations were made to it by Macbeth,the usurper. St. Cuthberts, or the West Kirk, stands atthe western extremity of the valley, which separates theNew, from the Old Town of Edinburgh. The Church ofSt. Cuthbert, situate immediately at the base of the rockon -which the castle is built, has a very fine appearanceentering Edinburgh from the west, by Princes Str
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