. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. CA.^ILL LAMIiiKLL ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND 69. Castle Campbell JVERYBODY admires Castle Campbell. It would be difficult,indeed, to discover a more complete representative of themountain chieftains stronghold, as the romancists havedescribed it is the Abruzzi or the Vosges, and Salvator andVernet have painted it. A high and abrupt range ofmountains—a precipitous rock covered with a vast and varied massof buildings—on either side roaring torrents, seen through mysteriousgulfs of frightful depth, while far off on either side stretches asab
. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. CA.^ILL LAMIiiKLL ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND 69. Castle Campbell JVERYBODY admires Castle Campbell. It would be difficult,indeed, to discover a more complete representative of themountain chieftains stronghold, as the romancists havedescribed it is the Abruzzi or the Vosges, and Salvator andVernet have painted it. A high and abrupt range ofmountains—a precipitous rock covered with a vast and varied massof buildings—on either side roaring torrents, seen through mysteriousgulfs of frightful depth, while far off on either side stretches asableT silent, solemn forest,—scarcely any of the attributes which can giveinterest to such a scene are wanting. The Ochils, on the slope of which theCastle stands, are at a distance, shapeless and uniform, with long tablelandsand rounded summits; but their sides are in many places scooped out intoprecipices and gulfs. Of the wild inacccessible spots thus created, the very besthas been selected for Castle Campbell. On the front, facing the valley of theDevon, and the sides, there is perhaps no ot
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