138 THE AULD GRAY BRIG 



announces the coming of the upland 

 summer, the old bridge makes new 

 friends, for on those wild moors whose 

 limits are the sky it is the one object 

 which links that unbounded space with 

 humanity. Itisthetrysting-placeof the 

 hills, where man may meet that subtle 

 sympathy which exists between men 

 and bridges the world over. All the roads 

 and tracks of the moor lead to the old 

 bridge ; all the rivers of a hundred hills 

 must join hands ere they pass in an un- 

 broken flood beneath it. 



And to those of us who know its 

 charm, to all who love the old, the rivers 

 and the broad moors, the " Auld Gray 

 Brig" is an abode of peace where time 

 passes smoothly, where the shadow of 

 the years is as the grateful shade of 

 summer trees. 



