. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . ide seems atpresent all we want, and a delightfulramble through the woods higher upsends us back to our comfortablehotel with appetite ready for a Scottishbreakfast, to be followed by a longjourney to the Grampian line to Perth crosses and re-I crosses the fair Allan Water, passingDunblane with its old cathedral—worth a visit, were there time—thenreaches Crieff Junction, or rather, theJunction for Crieff, that lovely rest-ing-place in the strath or valley ofthe Earn being still at a consider-able distance. Should there be timefor a
. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . ide seems atpresent all we want, and a delightfulramble through the woods higher upsends us back to our comfortablehotel with appetite ready for a Scottishbreakfast, to be followed by a longjourney to the Grampian line to Perth crosses and re-I crosses the fair Allan Water, passingDunblane with its old cathedral—worth a visit, were there time—thenreaches Crieff Junction, or rather, theJunction for Crieff, that lovely rest-ing-place in the strath or valley ofthe Earn being still at a consider-able distance. Should there be timefor a visit, an excursion up the wild Glen Turrit to the foot of Ben Chonziewould be found wonderfully enjoyable ; but we must now press on from thejunction, and leave these scenes for the time unvisited. Auchtcrarder isnext passed, a name once famous in ecclesiastical controversy ; and the traintraverses a broad fertile valley until it rolls into the wide echoing station ofPiKiii. The fair city, however, need not detain us. Its far-famed Inches. Dunblane Cathedral. are broad level meadows. Kinnoul lliand for its fine views towards theGrampian Mountains, while the Carseof GowTie, an expanse of rich meadow-land bordering the Tay, stretches east-ward, and the blue waters of theestuary gleam beyond. It is said thatMoncrieff IIill, on the other side ofthe river, is equally fuic ; but we hadno time to ascend both, or rather, asthe time of our visit to Kinnoul hap- _pencd to be the .Sabbath evening after Ki^-ythe services of the day, it was more f, congenial to rest, in quiet talk, as we <watched the sunset over the distant hills. Returning to llic railway station in -^the morning, we find two sets of trainsbound for the Highlands. One is byIorfar to .Aberdeen and the east; the is beautiful for its wooded walks
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