104 ANDKEW JACKSON HOWE. 



At the inn adjoining the Abbey are apartments 

 looking upon the ruin and the adjacent burying 

 ground, and guests aim to secure lodgings in these 

 rooms. There is so much fascination in connection 

 with the old monastery that occupants of these fa- 

 vored quarters spend much time in gazing upon the 

 " scene so sad and fair," and in musing upon events 

 connected with the history of the "ruined pile." The 

 desolate and dismantled Abbey was constructed of 

 such durable material, and the foundations were so 

 well placed, that the sanctified and despoiled structure 

 is liable to last a thousand years. The ravages of time 

 alone are likely to disturb the interesting ruin. A 

 pious reverence for the founders of the notable Abbey, 

 and a cherished hate for its destroyers, tend to per- 

 petuate a profound interest in the hallowed shrine. 



