. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . t notable fights was the battle of Kil-iiecrankie. That, however, came from apiece of political unpleasantness. When\^i!liam of Orange and his friends made system very efficiently. Collisions arepractically unknown, and the few thathave happened were due to the kind ofcarelessness that no system can provideagainst. It is wonderful to see the ex-pertness that firemen and signalmen ac-quire in exchanging the staff or the tick-ets at the intersection of blocks. After a time we emerge from the wi
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . t notable fights was the battle of Kil-iiecrankie. That, however, came from apiece of political unpleasantness. When\^i!liam of Orange and his friends made system very efficiently. Collisions arepractically unknown, and the few thathave happened were due to the kind ofcarelessness that no system can provideagainst. It is wonderful to see the ex-pertness that firemen and signalmen ac-quire in exchanging the staff or the tick-ets at the intersection of blocks. After a time we emerge from the wildwood, water, crag and towering moun-tain scenes, to follow courses throughdreary glens with heather-covered hills oneach side. The sheen of the purple heath-er is attractive these August days, andthe yellow bracken (ferns) and greengrass bordering the mountain torrents,make some diversity, but the treeless sol-itudes are not much more attractive thana journey through a prairie state. I have used the word solitudes becausethat is the character of nearly all theScots mountain regions. They are de-. Photo. SCENE ON HIGHLAND R-filLWAY. a nyte, invetufss. visitors, but there are many beautifulplaces in the neighborhood. Nearly allthe old religious houses in Scotland arein ruins, most of the destruction havingbeen effected by the zealous rabble movedto frenzy by the soul-stirring denuncia-tions of John Knox, whose jaw was muchmore powerful than his judgment, andambition stronger than conscience. In pursuing its northerly direction fromDunkeld the railway leads us for abouttwenty miles through the finest scenery Ihave ever looked upon, the line followsthe natural pass through the mountains,which was the route followed by the High-landers when they made expeditions intothe Lowlands, to take possession of blackcattle, corn or even wives that-were need-ed for the sustenance, comfort and pleas-ure of the daring Celts. There have been curious ways of court-ing among different people. Whe
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