. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . a H < EDINBURGH. 37 opposite direction a H^ir roach of country terminated by the graceful outlinesof the Ientland Mills. Hut the city view here is less intercstinp; on thewhole than that from the Castle Rock ; while the Firth of Torth, with thehills of Fife behind, is seen better from the Calton Hill. In returning- to the city, the toin-ist may pass thnnioh Ncnvinoton, and. i Ji^r „«^ Edinburgh University. by the aid of a tramcar may proceed along Nicolson .Stn-et for the sake oflooking at least at the outside of the University Ikiildings and
. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . a H < EDINBURGH. 37 opposite direction a H^ir roach of country terminated by the graceful outlinesof the Ientland Mills. Hut the city view here is less intercstinp; on thewhole than that from the Castle Rock ; while the Firth of Torth, with thehills of Fife behind, is seen better from the Calton Hill. In returning- to the city, the toin-ist may pass thnnioh Ncnvinoton, and. i Ji^r „«^ Edinburgh University. by the aid of a tramcar may proceed along Nicolson .Stn-et for the sake oflooking at least at the outside of the University Ikiildings and at theCollege of Surgeons opposite, reaching the head of Princes Street, near thePost Office, over the North Bridge. Should a kc-en north-east wind beblowing as he crosses this bridge, he will understand why many peopleinveigh against the spring climate of lulinburgh. The wind whose praises 38 SCOTTISH PICTURES. Mr. Kingsley has sung nowhere gives a better taste of its quaUty than inEdinburgh ; and this lofty crossing from the Old Town to the New is thever)- place to test it to the uttermost. Shall we look down from the NorthBridge for a moment, into what we have called a ravine, where once spreadthe unfragrant waters of a shallow loch, but where dingy roofs of iron andglass, and long station platforms, and high flights of steps, and multitudinousbranching lines of rail occupy the whole space, from tunnel to tunn
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