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long necks, and their glittering envious eyes are looking 

 up at the ange'.s and the wreath. The whole frame is the 

 most elaborate we have seen. 



The hall is lighted with six beautifully stained windows, 

 three on one side, one in the end, and two on the opposite 

 side. On one side the windows are ornamented with the 

 Scottish lion rampant, and in the large gable window are 

 the Moray arms. On the other side the two windows have 

 a monogram in the centre of a buckle, and the ring of the 

 buckle bears the words, Salus Christum Redemptorem. 

 On the top of the buckle is a swan supporting an earl's 

 coronet. 



Besides Randolph's Hall there are several pictures 

 which Mr. Brown pointed out which have a strong historic 

 interest, especially Darnley, the Bonnie Earl of Moray, 

 and Cardinal York, the brother of Prince Charlie. After 

 seeing through the Castle, we were conducted to the roof, 

 where we had a view of the surrounding country, and 

 there could be few fairer prospects. At our feet on each 

 side lay the fertile plains of Moray, with clumps of wood 

 interspersed here and there amid the green fields. North- 

 ward lay the Moray Firth, calm and placid, like as if no 

 tempest could ever stir its breast. Beyond were the huge 

 mountains of Caithness, Sutherland, and Ross, shooting 

 up as it were out of the waters, dark and mysterious, 

 shrouded in a dank haze like spirits of the storm. Nearer, 

 the Soutars of Cromarty loomed black and frowning, like 

 the open lips of a gigantic leviathan into which flowed 

 many floods. 



But time was short, and we could not linger over the 

 enchanting scene. Descending, therefore, we followed 

 Mr. Brown to the gardens, and saw through them and the 

 hothouses, after which we returned to the Castle, and 

 re-entered the vehicles and drove away to Earlsmill, where 



