. Scotland. SKETCH-MAP OF SCOTLAND. • • Vll. TME CORONATION CHAR CON7AINiNO THE STONE ON WHICH THE SCO . CROWNED. PAQE 4. THE NEV PUBL Bl - .NDATIC SCOTLAND CHAPTER I THE LAND OF THE THISTLE A LITTLE boy was once asked to write an essay onScotland, and he began by saying Scotland is thesmallest halt ot England. I should not wonder ifthis sentence lost a mark for him, yet I think we canall understand what he meant by it. He knew that England and Scotland are parts of thesame island, and that nowadays they form one Kingdom,inhabited by the same people, who speak the samelanguage, have the s
. Scotland. SKETCH-MAP OF SCOTLAND. • • Vll. TME CORONATION CHAR CON7AINiNO THE STONE ON WHICH THE SCO . CROWNED. PAQE 4. THE NEV PUBL Bl - .NDATIC SCOTLAND CHAPTER I THE LAND OF THE THISTLE A LITTLE boy was once asked to write an essay onScotland, and he began by saying Scotland is thesmallest halt ot England. I should not wonder ifthis sentence lost a mark for him, yet I think we canall understand what he meant by it. He knew that England and Scotland are parts of thesame island, and that nowadays they form one Kingdom,inhabited by the same people, who speak the samelanguage, have the same Parliament, and obey the sameKing ; and that, when we cross the Border and go fromScotland into England, or rrom England into Scotland,we do not need to get out of the train and have ourboxes opened and searched for certain things that arenot allowed to be carried from one country to anotherunless a tax is paid on them, as is done when travellersgo from France into Germany, or rrom Italy intoFrance. So when he said that Scotland is the
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