. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . e Duke ofMonmouth and , on the 22nd of June, 1679, as described in OldATortalily. Pnil these scenes of historic iiUcrest will, perhaps, be bettervisited from Glasgow, than taken on the way to thi; city. A day couldscarcely be better spent than in traversing them. The last of the alternative routes to , as mentioned above,denominated the South Western, is more circuitous than that just described,but derives a special interest from its giving the tourist an opportunity ofvisiting, at small expenditure of \.m\v., the land of Bur
. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . e Duke ofMonmouth and , on the 22nd of June, 1679, as described in OldATortalily. Pnil these scenes of historic iiUcrest will, perhaps, be bettervisited from Glasgow, than taken on the way to thi; city. A day couldscarcely be better spent than in traversing them. The last of the alternative routes to , as mentioned above,denominated the South Western, is more circuitous than that just described,but derives a special interest from its giving the tourist an opportunity ofvisiting, at small expenditure of \.m\v., the land of Burns. Turning asideat Gretna, the line passes through Annan, where it crosses the river,and at Dumfries reaches the Nith, up which it pursues its way. Forlovely glimpses of hill and woodland, with fc-rtile cornfields and pasturesbetween, mmX the gleaming river amidst them all, llu re can hardly be aplejusanter summer evenings journey than this. y\t least, .so we found it,after a long morning of wondcrfiil iiUcnsi spent at Dimikii:s, beginning, of. 4 .^lCROSS THE nORDER: DUMFRIES. course, with a visit to the cemetery where, beyond a crowd of nioiuiments,stands the mausoleum over the poets grave. Much cannot be said for themonument itself. It is a poor Grecian temple, olazed between the columns,and the allegorical design—the genius of Scotland casting her mantle overthe ploughman—has a commonplace effect. The attempt at classic formsand figures seemed in truth singularly infelicitous ; though it could not but bedeeply interesting, apart from all such accessories, to know that here wasthe last earthly resting-place of Burns, the poet to whom, with Cowper andWordsworth, each according to his sjiecial genius, belongs the distinction ofhaving so widened the domain of poetry as to include the commonestinterests and homeliest cares that touch the heart of man. We might have Ss^
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