Views in Edinburgh and its vicinity; . ther sideforming the libs. The plate whewing the castle from the west,gives a complete idea of the head, the body retiring in per-spective. The view from the Grassmarket exhibits the southeast parts of the Castle, the edifice beneath in the market isthe public granary, of very recent erection ; it has conveniencesfor weighing grain, and for lodging it when required. Near the innermost gate of the Castle used to lie the famousMons Meg, now removed to the Tower; it derived its namefrom Mons, in Flanders, where it was cast. This piece ofordnance is composed
Views in Edinburgh and its vicinity; . ther sideforming the libs. The plate whewing the castle from the west,gives a complete idea of the head, the body retiring in per-spective. The view from the Grassmarket exhibits the southeast parts of the Castle, the edifice beneath in the market isthe public granary, of very recent erection ; it has conveniencesfor weighing grain, and for lodging it when required. Near the innermost gate of the Castle used to lie the famousMons Meg, now removed to the Tower; it derived its namefrom Mons, in Flanders, where it was cast. This piece ofordnance is composed of a number of thick iron bars, bound bystrong hoops of the same metal. Its length is thirteen feet, itsdiameter two feet three inches and a half, the bore being twentyinches wide and tapering inwards, the breach is comparativelysmall. At the siege of Roxburgh it burst, and was neverafterwards repaired. In the wall of a house on the Castle-hilla large ball may be seen, which was projected by one of theguns in the time of the THE TOLBOOTH. Of the Tolbooth of Edinburgh, noted tillwithin these few yearsfor being one of the largest and most sombre buildings in thekingdom, not a Avreck is left behind. The materials were soldin September 1817> and its demolition took place immediatelyafterwards. When the remembrance of its once grim aspecthas faded from the memory, a few engravings like the pre-sent will be all that remains to gratify the curiosity of pos-terity. The matchless descriptions of a great anonymouswriter have, indeed, procured to it a more lasting celebrity,than the mere durability of its materials could have attracted jand where is the subject, however disagreeable, that eminentgenius deigns to illustrate, which is not replete with unspeak-able interest. The Tolbooth of Edinburgh was built by the citizens in1561, and designed for the use of the parliament and courtsof justice, and the confinement of debtors and criminals. Fromthe year 1640 until 1817 it had
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