. Memorial of the royal progress in Scotland . l shadywalks, through a wood of tall beeches and other trees, thereclothing the whole northern banks of the river, they found outthe new kitchen garden, recently constructed under the directionof Mr. Macintosh, whom the Queen had known as gardener to 176 THE ROYAL PROGRESS. King Leopold at Claremont, and whom Her Majesty, with great con-descension, immediately recognised as an old acquaintance. Thegarden contains about twenty imperial acres, five of which arewithin the inner wall. From a terrace on the western side, avery picturesque view of the t
. Memorial of the royal progress in Scotland . l shadywalks, through a wood of tall beeches and other trees, thereclothing the whole northern banks of the river, they found outthe new kitchen garden, recently constructed under the directionof Mr. Macintosh, whom the Queen had known as gardener to 176 THE ROYAL PROGRESS. King Leopold at Claremont, and whom Her Majesty, with great con-descension, immediately recognised as an old acquaintance. Thegarden contains about twenty imperial acres, five of which arewithin the inner wall. From a terrace on the western side, avery picturesque view of the town of Dalkeith, and the valley ofthe North Esk, is enjoyed. Returning by a different way throughthe same wood, where the sylvan roof of foliage is supported at agreat height overhead, by the clear and columnar stems of the tim-ber, the Queen and the Prince inquired of Macintosh, whether theycould get directly across to the palace without retracing their told Her Majesty, that there was a temporary bridge, of .Si^_-?^-V V^ three planks wide, laid upon trestles, for the convenience of someworkmen employed in making a new walk through the shrubbery onthe south bank of the river, but that it was by no means a fit passage DALKEITH. 177 for Her Majesty. The Queen, however, thought otherwise, fot, pro-ceeding directly to the planks, she crossed them without the leasthesitation, and returned to the palace by the new walk. A rake,over which Her Majesty stepped as it lay in her way, was after-wards scrambled for, and it has been since carefully preserved asa sacred relic by the person to whose lot it happily chanced to fall. The Queen and Prince Albert had prayers read by the ReverendEdward Ramsay, of St. Johns episcopal chapel, Edinburgh, who after-wards preached from the latter part of the 9th verse of the xl. chap-ter of Isaiah, Say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God. Forthis purpose a temporary pulpit was fitted up in the dining-room. Late in the afternoon
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