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6 FROM ENGLAND TO ICELAND. ing forth a torrent of vituperation of -which for- tunately only a few words reach our ears, though if judged by the little we hear, his language is certainly strong enough to have travelled further. The sun is shining pleasantly from a bright blue sky, and the landmarks of “ Auld Reekie ” stand out grandly on the horizon behind the inter- vening wilderness of roofs and chimneys that slope upwards from port to capital. Arthur’s Seat, Salis- bury Crags, the Calton Hill, the Castle, the Scott Monument, and other picturesque features which combine to make Edinburgh, what it un- doubtedly is, the most, beautiful city in the world, are all clearly discernible by the naked eye. On the shores of the Firth, as we steam towards Granton, before heading for the ocean, lie the lovely seaside resorts which add so much to the pleasures of life in the Scottish metropolis. Having transferred the managing agent to a gaily painted tug, we circle round and steer north-east, passing on our left the cultivated slopes and quiet little coast-towns of the kingdom of Fife, while away ahead, over our starboard bow, rises the shadowy form of the famous Bass Bock, whose name is associated with some ot the grimmest tragedies of Scottish history, and in whose dungeons, in the dark days of ecclesiastical tj ranny and per- secution, so many of- those “ of whom the world was not worthy,” were left to perish miserably. Keeping well in towards the land we make steady progress at the rate of about nine knots per hour, and have sighted and passed the lights of Aberdeen before bed-time. Early on the following, morning we find ourselves off Duncansbv Head, the ex- treme north-east point of Scotland, a bold and dangerous promontory. Hot, a tree nor a human
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From England to Iceland

Year
1886
Language
English
Keyword
Pages
156


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