Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . lates that the Duchess ofBuccleuch and Monmouth ordered the heads of these trees tobe cut off when she heard of her husbands execution. Somepeople even aver that Monmouth himself is to be seen pacingthe limes in the small hours of the night. The two rivers. North and South Esk, which enter the Parkfrom the west, form a leading feature of the place. They run al-most parallel for upwards of a mile, till they meet near the centreof the Park to unite in a larger and more stately stream. Thescenery along both rivers is quite beautiful; the ban
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . lates that the Duchess ofBuccleuch and Monmouth ordered the heads of these trees tobe cut off when she heard of her husbands execution. Somepeople even aver that Monmouth himself is to be seen pacingthe limes in the small hours of the night. The two rivers. North and South Esk, which enter the Parkfrom the west, form a leading feature of the place. They run al-most parallel for upwards of a mile, till they meet near the centreof the Park to unite in a larger and more stately stream. Thescenery along both rivers is quite beautiful; the banks are steep andthickly wooded, the streams are deep and rapid, with many a curveand twist; but, alas ! the hand of man has fouled what naturemade so sweet; these rivers at times appear in garbs of varioushues according to the nature of the operations which are beingundertaken on their upper reaches, transmitting an aroma distinctlyunpleasing to human nostrils, but apparently much appreciated bythe wildfowl, who frequent their waters in great VIEW FROM THE LIBRARY WINDOW, DALKEITH PALACE FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY W. MITCHELL, DALKEITH 273 2 74 ©all^eitb palace The remains of the old Caledonian forest, the happy huntinggrounds of the Scottish inonarchs, cover a peninsula formed bythe two rivers just previous to their junction. This fragmentof an ancient forest which once extended across Scotland is ahundred and thirty acres in extent, and entirely composed ofself-sown oaks, some of them six hundred years old. They varyin shape and size to an extraordinary degree. Some of them areworthy monarchs of the forest, but the majority are distortedby age and the ungenial climate of the east of Scotland into thequaintest shapes. The effect, however, is extremely is more fascinating than to see the deer lying peacefuland content on a hot summers day amongst the bracken underthe shade of these ancient oaks. How unconscious they seemof the history of the place and i
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