. Memorial of the royal progress in Scotland . the carriage proceeded at a slower pace, especially wherea view could be caught of the house at a distance, reposing amongstits woods and lawns, then under all the influence of mild and softenedsunshine, with the busy sea and the coast of Fife beyond. An immense crowd of carriages and people had assembled atQueensferry, and when the Queen arrived at the brow of the steep 204 THE ROYAL PROGRESS. hill leading down to the Hawes Inn, the effect of the fine prospect ofthat narrow part of the Firth, with its picturesque shores on bothsides, and in the m
. Memorial of the royal progress in Scotland . the carriage proceeded at a slower pace, especially wherea view could be caught of the house at a distance, reposing amongstits woods and lawns, then under all the influence of mild and softenedsunshine, with the busy sea and the coast of Fife beyond. An immense crowd of carriages and people had assembled atQueensferry, and when the Queen arrived at the brow of the steep 204 THE ROYAL PROGRESS. hill leading down to the Hawes Inn, the effect of the fine prospect ofthat narrow part of the Firth, with its picturesque shores on bothsides, and in the midst of it the island of Inchgarvie with its oldfortress—the broader expansion and lengthened stretch of the watersabove—the magnificent woods of Hopetoun House on the southernside—and opposite to it the lonely peel tower of Rosyth, said to havebeen the birth-place of the mother of Oliver Cromwell—with thewestern Scottish Alps in the distance, was much enhanced by thegay assemblage that crowded the approach to the pier of The Queens carriage was drawn up at the end of the pier, where aspace was cleared by the dragoons and a guard of the Fifty-thirdregiment. The whole of the high grounds, forming a steep amphi-theatre, were covered with people, who cheered incessantly. TheProvost, Magistrates, and Council of the Burgh of Queensferry,received Her Majesty as she alighted from her carriage, and leaning CROSSING AT QUEENSFERRY. 205 on Prince Alberts arm, and attended by Lords Hopetoun and Rose-bery, and Sir Neil Douglas, all uncovered, she walked down theHawes pier, over a crimson carpet, and whilst the guard presentedarms, and the Queensferry band played God Save the Queen! shestepped on board of the William Adam, one of the ordinary ferrysteamers. Her Majesty was followed by the Duchess of Norfolk andMiss Paget. The spectacle here was most imposing, and the assembledmultitude rent the air with cries of The Queen !—The Queen I—Long live, and God bless the
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