. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . ard to distinguish the foundations of the fabric fromthe rugged cliff, or to decide which of the imdcrground recesses areocean-hollowed caves, and which are ancient castle crypts. Here was spentthe strange sad honeymoon of IIoiluvcll and Mary: and with this the Kni^liKlmun arc often |>crplcxcd about the Lothians, especially at clcclion-timcs. Is it suiierfliious lu lufcirm!ionu- rciidcis thai Ila<Insliirc is Kast Ixilliiaii, West , and l,iliiiliuii;1isliirr Mid I (illiiaii f ACROSS THE BORDER: DUNBAR. history of
. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . ard to distinguish the foundations of the fabric fromthe rugged cliff, or to decide which of the imdcrground recesses areocean-hollowed caves, and which are ancient castle crypts. Here was spentthe strange sad honeymoon of IIoiluvcll and Mary: and with this the Kni^liKlmun arc often |>crplcxcd about the Lothians, especially at clcclion-timcs. Is it suiierfliious lu lufcirm!ionu- rciidcis thai Ila<Insliirc is Kast Ixilliiaii, West , and l,iliiiliuii;1isliirr Mid I (illiiaii f ACROSS THE BORDER: DUNBAR. history of the fortress really ends, as the pile was soon afterwards reducedto a ruin by the Oueens half-brother, the Regent Murray. The precinctsot the castle now form a fnie recreation ground for the week-day use of thepeople: on the Sal)bath, it was observable that chains were drawn across theswing-gates at the entrances—showing that we were in Scotland. The chains,however, it may be remarked, were there rather by way of testimony, than. DuNiiAR Castle. as a material hindrance ; not a tew graceless urchins having climbed overthem, without let or hindrance, into the enclosure. But upon the whole, thestillness and peacefulness of the day were very refreshing. We remarkedhere, what afterwards became so noticeable in many a Scottish town, thepeculiar resonant tramp of feet on the pavement at the time of the was little or no sound of wheels to break the effect, rendered more SCOTTISH PICTURES. impressive by contrast with the previous silence. It was pleasant to join inthe worship of the Free Church, led by a pastor, hale though venerable, whohad been one of the seceders in 1843, and had ever since that stormy timeheld on his useful way in this quiet little town. In the course of the servicesthere was a pathetic allusion to the fewness of the survivors of that greatconflict. Some of us remember it all so well, and it is already history!The intervening years, it is not too mu
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