. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND 29 Cathedral of 5t. Andrews. y^ ^^^ ^fWlO portions of the great central tower, or of the main departments of this once majestic edifice, are visible at adistance. Secondary pinnacles, or broken fragments of wallonly raise their heads ; yet even these run high up intothe sky over the town, and give it, to a distance at sea,or from the surrounding hills, a spired and toweredappearance, corresponding with its character as a cathedral great proportions of these fragments forcibly remind one howvast and stat
. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND 29 Cathedral of 5t. Andrews. y^ ^^^ ^fWlO portions of the great central tower, or of the main departments of this once majestic edifice, are visible at adistance. Secondary pinnacles, or broken fragments of wallonly raise their heads ; yet even these run high up intothe sky over the town, and give it, to a distance at sea,or from the surrounding hills, a spired and toweredappearance, corresponding with its character as a cathedral great proportions of these fragments forcibly remind one howvast and stately must have been the complete fane of which theywere the secondary adjuncts, and how terrible must have been thepopular whirlwind that swept the still greater masses into undistinguishabledust. The nearer we approach, the fragments become more ghastly, thescene more desolate. The town itself is becoming every day less in harmonywith its ruinous neighbour. Not many years ago, edifices of mixed ancientarchitecture, projecting here and there into the streets, gave a decayed,almost obsolete air to all parts
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