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.182 THE 1301' TRAVELLERS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
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coach to Callandar in two and a quarter hours (including halt of half an
hour at the Trossachs Hotel); railway to Edinburgh ma Stirling in two
and a half hours, or to Glasgow in one and a half hours.” .
The foregoing is the “through by daylight” system, aud.1s usually
followed by those travellers who wish to see as much as possible in the
shortest time, which is generally the case with the American abroad.
Our friends decided that they would be more leisurely in their move-
ments, and when the journey was ended they felt well rewarded for the
extra time they had taken for it.
IVithout attempting to follow their footsteps, we will turn to the ae
‘ counts which the youths have
given us of the tour of the
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L. e’ " 'v3‘i‘QxL “ Our first stop was at
Stirling,” said Frank, “as we
wanted to see the town and
castle, both of which have oc-
cupied a prominent place in
Scottish histor '. The town
is a prosperous one of about
twenty thousand inhabitants,
and the castle is on a high
hill like the one on which the
In several features, especially
in the situation of its castle,
Stirling bears a. striking re-
semblance to Edinburgh, and
is-quite as old, if not older.
In fact, no one can tell when
it was founded, and there is no record to show when and by whom the
first stones of the castle were put in place. The location at the head of
navigation on the Firth of Forth must have made it an important place
from a strategic point of view, as it was the key. to the Highlands and
A HIGHLAND DEEIL
Castle of Edinburgh stands: I
controlled a considerable extent of country. In these days of railways .
it is less important than it used to be, but you had better refrain from
saying so in the presence of any of its inhabitants. -
“Historians think there must have been a frontier fortress here
before the castle was built. Alexander I. died in the castle in 1124;