. The London & North-Western Railway . , on the main line of the railway, is the gatewayof the famous ballad-country about St. Marys Lochand the Dowie Dens o Yarrow. At Biggar thepilgrim may turn off to explore the strangely storiedregion of the Upper Vale of Tweed. And at Lanarkthe famous Falls of Clyde pour for ever through theirmighty gorge. Then there are noble regions farther north to whole Firth of Clyde, with its sea-lochs and islands, 94 Across the Border • and the hundred towns and villages scattered along itslovely shores, forms ^.i. inland sda of far-spread mag-
. The London & North-Western Railway . , on the main line of the railway, is the gatewayof the famous ballad-country about St. Marys Lochand the Dowie Dens o Yarrow. At Biggar thepilgrim may turn off to explore the strangely storiedregion of the Upper Vale of Tweed. And at Lanarkthe famous Falls of Clyde pour for ever through theirmighty gorge. Then there are noble regions farther north to whole Firth of Clyde, with its sea-lochs and islands, 94 Across the Border • and the hundred towns and villages scattered along itslovely shores, forms ^.i. inland sda of far-spread mag-nificence and variety of charm, perhaps matchless inthe world. There are the Trossachs, between Cal-lander and Loch Lomond, with their vistas of woodand water, and their glories of purple mountain andgolden strath, overwhich Scott has thrownthe glamour of romancewith his tale of the royalhuntsman, James Fitz-james, and the Ladyof the Lake. Thereare the silver lochs andfar-reaching glens ofthe glorious Grampianregion, of which Crieff. is a the centre -country of countlesswild clan legends ofdays gone by. Andthere are, perhaps 3IRMINGHAMSTAGE-COACH, la Two D«yt and a half; begins May the24th, 1731. ETSout from the Ssvan-l»n in Birmingham,every Maw^at fix a Clock in the Morning,through Warwick, Baxbwy and Altskury^to the Rea Lion In* In Aiderfgatt frrert, London^every Wedwfdey Morning: And returns fromthe laid Red Lion /*?w every 7bur/dor Momiogac 6vc a Oook the (ame Way to the Svan-Jnnin Birmingham every Satorday country of the clans par excellence, and the dominion of the great Lords of the Isles in unforgotten > »j >»•»»»»>*- Oban is the centre r
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