Crais'iniUar and its Environs. 



is a print of Queen Mary, with the following beautiful 

 verses by Mr Scott Riddell subjoined: — 



"Yes, thou art Mary, Scotland's Queen, 



Embodied forth by magic art, 

 An image that long, long hath been 



Enshrined within a nation's heart : 

 And who can gaze upon thee now. 



And know no sorrow for the tears 

 Wrung from thy heart in passing through 



The pilgrimage of hapless years? 



We feel there is a mournful charm, 



That hides thy frailties in decay, 

 While thinking how a heart so warm 



Could e'er grow cold as other clay. 

 The white rose shall no sweets impart, 



The thistle wave no longer green. 

 Ere time shall melt from Scotland's heart 



The memory of her lovely Queen." 



As is usual in castles of this type, the stair leading 

 to the top is not a continuation of the lower one. On 

 the opposite side of the passage leading into the Great 

 Hall another spiral staircase ascends. At the first 

 landing a door leads into the floor already referred 

 to as having existed over the hall, and another to 

 an entresol room over " Queen Mary's Room." This 



