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High on the south, huge Ben-venue 



Down on the lake, in masses, threw 



Crags, knolls, and mounds, confusedly hurl'd. 



While on the north, through middle air, 

 Ben-an heaved high his forehead bare. 



This plate is as finely engraved as it is beautifully and charac 

 teristically drawn ; the distant mountains, the clear waters of the 

 loch, the gnarled trunks and crisp foliage of the foreground trees, 

 have all the effect of colour. The *' Interior of Roslyn Chapel," 

 that renowned relic of highly-ornamented architecture, with its ela- 

 borate and fanciful carvings, is represented with a fine effect of 

 light and shadow ; bringing out, in strong relief, all the peculiar 

 features of the style in which it is built. " Holyrood Chapel" is 

 another beautiful, but now ruinous, scene ; the faint moonlight by 

 which IVIr. Allom has appropriately shewn us its mouldering gran- 

 deur, harmonizes well with the impressive solemnity of such spots, 

 and the train of deep and sombre thought into which we are led by 

 the contemplation. The most remarkable antiquity depicted in this 

 volume is, the singular " Roman Bridge over the Moose ;" consist- 

 ing of one immense and lofty arch, spanning a romantic glen, 

 through which the river flows in a placid brightness, greatly con- 

 trasted by the usual noisy, picturesque character of Scottish streams. 

 The view of " Loch Lomond^ from the road above Inversnaid Mill,'' 

 gives a splendid mountain prospect, and is animated by some fair 

 equestrians, mounted on shaggy Highland ponies, and guarded by 

 an escort of plaided and kilted gillies. '* Lock Oich, with Inver- 

 garry Castle," is a clear sunshiny picture, and '' Loch Leven, look- 

 ing towards Balahneist Ferry," a spot of exquisite beauty, compris- 

 ing wood, mountain, and lake scenery ; besides having historical 

 associations of no small interest to enhance its natural attractions : 

 the extreme and middle distances are engraved with peculiar deli- 

 cacy. " The Castle of Doune," a stern old feudal pile, is rendered 

 pictorially and historically interesting by an admirably disposed 

 group of spirited figures : " Prince Charles Stuart's disposal of his 

 Prisoners after the Battle of Falkirk." The field of Culloden is 

 delineated in all the horrors of war, crowded with the wounded, 

 the dying, and the dead ; while the view of *' Stirling Castle and 

 Town" has, in the foreground, a group of the fiery warriors of Sau- 

 chie Burn, mingled together in deadly combat ; to which strife and 

 angry clamour is presented a glad relief in the clear calm sky and 

 distant view. " Bracklin Bridge" is, in truth, an unco fearsome^ 

 looking pathway over the cataract of many falls, which foams and 

 dashes among the huge rocks beneath it : surely tradition has not 

 been idle in such a scene, for his satanic majesty may quite as justly 

 lay claim to the airy fabric of Bracklin, as to the more substantial 

 erection, which seems, by common consent, ascribed to his canny 

 hand in Wales. " Bonniton Lynn," and the " Fall of Foyers," are 



