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 Ralph Frisburn, is seen in the bottom, watered by the little river Aln, that flows through the park; and a grand modern Gothic tower, called Briesley's tower, of a circular form, one hundred feet high, crowns the summit of a hill, and affords a view of wonderful extent, including many august objects in a clear day—Edinburgh-Castle to the northwartdnorthward [sic]; Tyneworth-Castle, in an opposite direction; Bamborough and Warkworth Castles to the eastward; and the long line of the Grampian and Cheviot hills, and their circumjacent wastes: the scene of that great hunting of old, whose bloody termination has been recorded in the well-known popular ballad of "Chevy-Chace;" a tract formerly famous for game and timber, but now equally bare of wood, and despoiled of stairs and roes.

On our return to Alnwick from the park, we passed a little free-stone monument, with an inscription upon it that commemorates the spot and the nature of William the King of Scotland's disaster and shame:

Another monument of former warfare occurs near the town on the road to Belford—a beautiful cross, with the following inscription, which points out the occasion of its erection: