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Rh 876 l.PIM'.rRGH. mounting thu rocky steps of the ravine to the K.,. triki lia'i- J,,lj,!. '1 tin- luck of M that give its hanging gardens and sloping lawns :ui altogi-ther r,.ihylonish aspect. Returning a^ain to Randolph-place, the In street still nui in nS. V. din. ti'.n. Mclvillc- tho most s] '''it Maillai. moat important, : -I 1'rinco's- . which it connects with the Uhisgmv-rniid ut a point called th.' Hay -Maikrt. when- t 1 v and Edinburgh railway has a station. Ha. '1 Hu- me S.W. limit nf tlio city, we niu-t again return eastward by the castle and Lawn Market, aln ady de- scribed, to the North Bridge, crossing whii-h we c< me immediately upon the Kant New Town, with "a' place to the right, fuimii!: 1 tin- . uuation of Prince's-stroet. At tin W. md, adjoiniiii; Prince' s-street, the houses are four stories high, having a j linn-nt and pillars above the lower story ; but as they proceed east- ward they increase in magnificence; and on tin- S. side of the street, which is hero built upon, are .-- public edifices, as the General Post-office and the Inland Revenue Office. A new is li. in- built at the W. end of Waterloo Place, on 1 side of Prince's-stroet, on the site of the old T Royal. The principal feature of this part of the town, however, is the Regent's Bridge, spanning the ravine at thu foot of Gallon Hill, which it M half-way up, and adorned 'with beautiful statues and arches for about 50 feet of its length. On ascending Calton Hill, which rises 345 feet above the sea, we have a magnificent view of the city and surrounding country, dotted over for miles with handsome villas and suburban residences, and a distant view of the important suburb of Leith, with its quays and shipping on the shores of the Forth, and long lines of houses stretching along the road all the way from Leith, forming one continuous t of 2 miles called Lcith-walk. On the hill itself is the antique-looking colonnade of the National monu- uii-iit, with its thirteen granite columns, rising 356 feet high, and only too closely resembling, in its until state, the ruins of the Parthenon, which it was d. signed to imitate, but was abruptly left off for want of funds. At a short distance is Kelson's monument, consisting of a lofty shaft springing from an octagonal base ; also an observatory, and monuments to Dugald Stewart and iir. Around the eastern slope of tin- hill are a series of handsome private mansions, forming tin- lloya!- rlton-tcrraco, ami mice. On the 8, side of the hill, near the middle of tin ade, stands the in v, Ili^li School, am-' tun-, '270 feet long, consisting of a centre ami built of fine white stone, and containing a bi;.-t of the ! by the lord-provost, on the 9th November, 1S62, the day on which the Prince m-d his majority. Nearly opposite this bui and overhanging the S. side of the precipitous acclivity, is the classic monument of Burns. Westward from this spot, and occupying a considerable area, are the l.itcd i-ditices known as the gaol and bridewell, but now .lie management "f the l"Hsu L Lying immediately helm- this hill, to the N.W., is the extensive portion <>f tin- Ka-t NYw Town, com- prise handsome streets, as London - lino with Groat Kinir-Mret-t. whii -li it vies with in tin- elegance of its buildings; I'.anmv-stn. t. the continua- tion of Nnrthiir : Aber- i by-place; and York-place, of 0>i'-< n-street, thus ug a compart union with tin- inn tin in and sontln in D6W towns. At right angles to, .mm. in -ing near n baseof Calton Mill, winds Lcith-stroot, branching oft' after a short distance into the two gp u, d Lcith-wulk. The the grand i tin- North, i tin- latter is still the itli, with houses and along the greater part of its length till it passes into I-eith, at the distance of about 2 mile*. [.Sir LEITH]. N-s the public buildings alrc: ia! d- contains serial important sti uctun s IVMIU ing separate i these tin- < 'astir stands out pre-eminent, with its antique ns, visible for 4o I orrupving an a; 6 acre*, inclusive on whirh it <ncly .vi linir ulott in .illy :* tin- 'alr hi l..'. :i!nl n all itn . and in parts almost perpendicular. On the K. Mi- it joins the wedge-shaped sandstone rock, on which the old city stands, and slopes down gradually 1 'astlc-strcet, where I the bron/.. ; York and AT ouldbe logo uver the g of the history of Scotland ; but as it lias altered so in :i]i]K'iiiiiiii e, both internally ami externally, nine times whm it tig. in .1 in hi.-tory, iho description the Memoir i-, as it appeared aodi-rn alterations eomm>-ii fail to bo of inter, at. " < )n the highest part of t stood, an .Is, tin- S'liian- tower where Guise died, .lames VI. was born, and win re the r have been kept for ages. On tin- N., a inassiv . I'm'.: l.y the second mona: that name, and containing a spacious hull, row 1 hi-ight of more than 4i> threw its shadows on the loch 200 An. tln-r, 1 from Wallace, stood nea- < ity ; and now the formidable hulf-ni' -up iU time-worn front, two high riulattl.-d walls, bristling with double tiers of ordna: N. by the round tower of the constable, 50 feet high, a: the S. by a square gigantic ] ., 1, ,,],. to the city. Tin ! the garri '. tlio peel, the foundations of which an lay the entrance, with its portrnb a flight of forty s' led. Tin- ..tin .- tnw.-i St. Margaret's, closed by a ponderous gate of iron, the kitchen tower, the larch munition-house, the armourer's forgo, the buehoate, brewery, and gun-house, a gable of which .swung a sonorous copper bill, for (ailing tin watchers and alarming the garrison. ! fortress and the nl nunjiar! Spur, and another named the Well-ho fended a narrow path which led to St. Cuih 1 Tin east!.' tin li contained a gnat hall, a in oiatory. endowed i, who, 500 years ] nd in a i tradition still n In i! .nn the castle appeals !y ill- ad.i].ted for the purposes of a fort, except on :
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tin i >id Town, and entirely commanding tin- ap; tie Mill. A . i i-.'.vning tin highc st poii ling aloft i ordnance called Mons Jli-g. emp!.._M-d by .l.um s IV. in 1 I'.l? at ti according t inti..n on its fni" forged at Mons in 148G. This mai ordnance is composed of strips of wrought iron. the! by ii-i.n lnio|.s, and n-maimd ]n-ilii-t till whm it was nn! whilst {iiing a k. on hi, visit to S.,.tUnd. A lil .i. I'IMIU behind which and urvi-yeil the eity. and on tin V ary, mounting 10 guns of I'l and IS pounders, wliieh an- ].'.inti 1 '.- wauls ti and from whirh in g. in lal tl ' >n all pre* nl, :i i-onin,i ,1 m.-i-i ..1 projecting rm-k, and 1. tty In.us. s, having litt'n dar fort i lii -at ion <<. Within tin- on:
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are th 1 |..i storing 30, 000 stand of arms, the houses of the governor and otln r t. *