KELBURNE CASTLE 



splendid specimen of Pinus insignis, of unusually erect 

 and graceful habit. Judged by the eye, it must be 

 between 90 and 100 feet high, and the tape gave its 

 girth as 15 feet at 4 feet above the ground. Among 

 all the pines there is none to be so highly prized as 

 this for its dense, rich green foliage, distinguishing it 

 in winter from every other evergreen. 



The glen is one of the chief attractions of the place, 

 though here again one longs to substitute tree ferns 

 and rare rhododendrons for some of the tangle of 

 R. ponticum and native undergrowth. The burn has 

 tunnelled its way through the soft red sandstone close 

 to the house ; a natural cascade fills the air with 

 ceaseless sound a gentle tinkle in summer heats, a 

 thunderous rush in autumn spates. Paths line the 

 cliffs on either side the stream : one of them leads to 

 a grove of lofty silver firs, amid which is set a tablet 

 to the memory of John, Earl of Glasgow (d. 1755), to 

 the narrative of whose prowess some ambiguity is 

 imparted by uncertainty of punctuation. Thus 



" At the Battle of Fontenoy Early in Life, 

 he lost his Hand and his Health His 

 Manly Spirit, not to be subdued, at Lafield 

 he received Two Wounds in one Attack." 



Lord Glasgow observes a commendable practice in 

 displaying his own arms from the flagstaff on the 

 tower, and nobly does the scarlet eagle, double-headed 

 on a yellow field, flaunt in the breeze, in high relief 

 against a dark background of hanging woods. It 

 would add greatly to the interest of a countryside 



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