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crardens, extends a mile beyond the town : and, as his 

 o-rounds are intersected by the streets and roads, he has 

 flung arches of communication across them, that add 

 much to the scenery of the place." 



The cathedral, still a noble ruin, stands a little apart 

 from the town, in a grove of fine old trees. It owes its 

 destruction to the Puritans, who sacked it in the six- 

 teenth century, though the order " to purge the kyrk 

 of all kinds of monuments of idolatrye " was directed 

 only against images and altars. But the zeal of men in 

 those days of bigotry was hard to control, and the mob 

 did not desist from its work while a door remained on 

 its hinges or a window was unbroken. Since then 

 tower, nave, and aisles have remained open to sun and 

 storm ; the choir alone has been refitted and is now 

 used as the parish church. In the choir is still to be 

 seen the tomb and recumbent statue of the famous 

 Earl of Buchan, better known as the Wolf of Badenoch. 



The coachman who drove us to-day interested us by 

 his knowledge of men and things — such a character as 

 could hardly grow except on the heather. He " did 

 not think muckle o' one man owning thirty miles 

 o' land who had done nothing for it." His reply to a 

 question was given with such a pawkie expression that it 

 remains fixed in the memory. " Why do not the people 

 just meet and resolve that they will no longer have 

 kings, princes, dukes or lords, and declare that all men 

 are born equal, as we have done in America?" 



