HEATHER BELLS IN SCOTTISH SCENERY. 



tains, and there stands in the minds of the inhabitants 

 of the district the clan Grant, for a type of their country 

 and of the influence of that country upon themselves. 

 Their sense of this is beautifully indicated in the war 

 cry of the clan, 'Stand fast, Craig Ellachie.' You 

 may think long over those few words without exhaust- 

 ing the deep wells of feeling and thought contained 

 in them the love of the native land ; the assurance 

 of their faithfulness to it ; the subdued and gentle as- 

 sertion of indomitable courage I may need to be told 

 to stand, but if I do, Craig Ellachie does. You could 

 not but have felt, had you passed beneath it at the time 

 when so many of England's dearest children were being 

 defended by the strength of heart of men born at its 

 foot, how often among the delicate Indian palaces, 

 whose marble was palled with horror, and whose ver- 

 milion was darkened with blood, the remembrance of 

 its rough gray rocks and purple heaths must have risen 

 before the sight of the Highland soldier; how often 

 the hailing of the shot and the shriek of battle would 

 pass away from his hearing, and leave only the whisper 

 of the old pine branches 'Stand fast, Craig Ellachie.' " 



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