Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . smoke—a circumstance from which the town acquired the 18 EDINBURGH. popular soubriquet of Auld Reekie. Beyond this, ArthursSeat and Salisbury Crags rise majestically, like guardians ofthe place, while the distant Lammermoor and picturesque Pent-land Hills close the prospect. To the north are the more regularand elegant streets of the New Town, broken here and therewith a church steeple or other prominent structure, and termi-nated by the seaport of Leith, with its long pier, and theestuary of the Frith of Forth. The distant view to the northand north-w
Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . smoke—a circumstance from which the town acquired the 18 EDINBURGH. popular soubriquet of Auld Reekie. Beyond this, ArthursSeat and Salisbury Crags rise majestically, like guardians ofthe place, while the distant Lammermoor and picturesque Pent-land Hills close the prospect. To the north are the more regularand elegant streets of the New Town, broken here and therewith a church steeple or other prominent structure, and termi-nated by the seaport of Leith, with its long pier, and theestuary of the Frith of Forth. The distant view to the northand north-west includes the coast of Fife, Donnibristle House(Earl of Morays), Inchcolm, Burntisland, the Lomond, Ochil,and Highland Hills, including Damyat (near Stirling), BenLomond, and Benledi. To the east (looking over the Royal andRegent Terraces) are seen Lochend, Inchkeith, Prestonpans Bay,Portobello, Musselburgh, and Prestonpans; North Berwick Law,the Bass Rock, and Isle of May. The Monuments on the hill add greatly to its interest. Upon. the left hand, in ascending the second flight of steps to the hill,is DuuALD Stewarts, a reproduction, with some variations, ofthe Choragic monument of Lysicrates ; erected in 1830. Closeby are The Observatory, and Monument to Professor Play-fair. The unshapely building, occupying a prominent positiona little to the west, is the Old Observatory. Upon the summitof the hill stands Nelsons Monument, a structure more pon-derous than elegant, modelled exactly after a Dutch skippers
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