Show A VISIT TO LOCH KATRINE TRINE KA f l 1 And thus an airy airy point he wone Where gleaming with the setting sun r One burnished hurn hed sheet of living gold ri Loch Katrine lay beneath him rolled Among Among- the classics studied by the Normal Class of 97 was the Lady of If the Like Lake Few of the poems read that year gave us such pleasure sure as did this The rich crisp resonance of the lines and the enthusiasm m m of the descriptions of Scotland's glorious scenery inspired us all with an eager desire desir to visit the famous region of the Tross Trossachs Our interest was further increased by descriptions and photographs of the neighborhood as it now is My hopes were unexpectedly fulfilled not long afterward One fair Tune June morning morning- a year later two of u us Utah boys left Glasgow for a ramble ram ram- ramble ble hIe through the scenes We rolled over banks and braes and through wooded glens some forty miles toward Aberfoyle a little village associated with the events of Rob Roy The country round about is not unlike much of the hill country of Utah except that it is more subdued ed and is green There WAS no regular excursion to the Lochs that day our walked the nine nipe miles from Aberfoyle AbErfoyle Aber Aber- and rather than delay our pleasure we foyle toyle to the tle Trossachs A light shower had fallen just before we left the train and had cooled cooled cooled cool cool- road smooth smooth smooth-as as are nearly all the ed and refreshed the air The was roads of Great Britain Britain and and wound about among among- enchanting hills and turn This walk will be beever beever beever vales disclosing disclosing- a new charm of view at every of life At last sooner sooner soon soon- ever memorable as one of the most delightful my er than we expected the shining surface of of the little Loch burst L upon us nestling nt at the foot of the greenest hills that ever were The first sight filled us with just admiration The light breezes ruffled ruffied up upi i Fu J 3 tiny waves and added an animation the trees on the surrounding slopes were dressed in their richest verdure the mountain peaks stood as sen- sen guarding the beautiful vale and welcomed us Behold what poet has told all the beauty The is only a mile long and half halfa a mile wide a sparkling gem in its splendid set setting irig of mountains and glens gens and crystal streams streams the veritable h home me of romance Descending the hillside we followed the road around the north shore until we came to the the Old Pass of the Trossachs Following this winding winding winding wind wind- ing rugged path embowered in pines and birches and hazels we were If sure we identified the places where the hunted stag In the deep Trossachs' Trossachs wildest nook r. r I r- r His solitary ry refuge took H In imagination we saw aw the spot where Jr- Jr in the dell dell' delle Stumbling rugged The e gallant horse exhausted fell I- I o 1 We saw aw where th the her heroic ic Knight of Snowdown F 14 r Touched T h e d Wit with h pity an and d remorse remorse J j t Sorrowing oer o'er his expiring horse uttered t l. l in sympathy rr W Woe e worth t the e chase woe worth the day That cost thy life my matchless gray r- r The pass known by the name of lies near the western western f. f hig highlands land of Perthshire The surrounding mountains are not nearly so f. f wild now as Scott pictures them bu one following the circular path r goes through the wildest part and can better appreciate the poets poet's description description des des- than by keeping to the well beaten carriage road Continuing westward al along ng the trail about a mile we suddenly I em emerged from a glen and stood looking upon that miracle of glittering beauty Loch beauty Loch Katrine The glory of it all is beyond our ability t to tell aud and the that stirred t us S were too deep for words If there is is the theor or tiniest spark of poetry in any sordid soul the sight we gazed upon would j fan it into a fire I t We stepped down to the waters water's edge and ate a lunch in in its details in a l little tle boat oat moored to the shore We Ve afterward strolled along the white pebbly Sil Silver er Strand a little peninsula jutting out into the bay V We gathered a few crystal stones and snowy shells and sat J down on ona a grassy bank to gaze at Ellens Isle J j c Where for retreat in dangerous hour 1 Some chief had framed a rustic bower I W We rowed dout out to the islet gem It is is small but rugged and covered covered cover r. r ed d with with witha a dense growth of trees underbrush f ferns firns and and flowers No j V f trace of the enchanted bower could be found found A communicative Scotsman an old attendant of the place said that it had been burned forty years ago but the fact is I think the cottage had no existence existence ex ex- outside the poets poet's imagination Yet in spite of this there is much s satisfaction in actually standing on places made famous by romance often more real eal than history We plucked a few ferns flowers and small branches of evergreens for mementoes and rowed back to the mainland mainland passing on our way the little steamer on on her second trip to the head of the lake nine miles off ff As evening approached we climbed a nearby height and looked look d upon pon the splendid scene painted by Scott The western waves of ebbing day rt j Rolled oer o'er the glen their level way 1 t x Each purple peak each flinty spire Was Vas bathed in floods of living fire We secured comfortable rooms at an unusually reasonable rate at atthe atthe th the magnificent hotel on the shores of Loch From one of the he windows we could look out over Loch toward the majestic Ben Venue Never Jever J ever shall I forget the view at sun-rise sun next morning r The 1 he scenery scenery is is picturesque always the mountains and groves and shrubbery are beautiful indeed as they stand but when the slopes and tre trees s and flowers are seen reflected in the h clear placid water und under r the morning sun the beauty becomes inspiring I So wondrous wild the whole whole might seem The scenery of a fairy dream No wonder Scotland has a Burns and a Scott After breakfast we strolled along the bank of where Roderick Roderick Roderick Roder Roder- ick Dhus Dhu's messenger carried the fi fiery ry cross At the southeast shore we come upon the the Auld Brig BriO o Turk where the headmost horseman rode alone The stone arch bridge still stands and resembles s the old bridges of the Roman occupation of Britain It crosses a small stream flowing from to Loch V daughter daught r of three mighty lakes Near Nearby by are the hills where I Instant through copse and heath arose Bonnets and spears s and bended bows hows Over the hills toward Aberfoyle lies Loch Dunkie a beautiful though insignificant little lake A wee laddie told us Its Its It's a gey road and Ill I'll doot y yell ll hae a hard time it and we turned aside to Callander We Ve stopped of pf course at Co Ford where after having showed the generos generosity ty so characteristic of Highlanders Roderick 7 Due 1 sought to revenge his wounded pride by challenging challenging- Fitz The Thet t y site of the is not far from Callander A bridge now stands where jr t the ford was and near by is the great unromantic of the Glasgow j 5 Water Works by which Auld Glasca enjoys purer water than does I Salt Lake City Few towns can boast of a more romantic position than Callander J Jf f v- v Here we boarded a train for Glasgow by way of Stirling An hours hour's St f j rid ride or so through the Vale of Menteith through which flows the Forth brings us near the old historic town The Bridge of Allan is on our left v Wallaces Wallace's monument a massive structure erected to the memory of the theR R Scottish warrior stands on Abbey Craig behind which Wallace and his ij f men lay on the night before his famous battle on the Forth Stirling Castle stands on an eminence in in the midst ot of the village village Brave Brave Stirling Stir- Stir f t ling with her towers and town A pole in the distance marks the field f ft of Bannockburn The gray ruins of Abbey whence it Brave Douglas wends his way lie but a short distance off The sight of so many stones and so much earth consecrated by Romance compelled compell compell- ed us to leave the cars for fora a days day's ram ramble ble among these shrines of Scottish v h history v V it k The experience of the two days had been the most enjoyable enjoyable enjoyable en- en of that kind we ever spent and the anticipation of a day in Stirling Stirling Stir- Stir J 4 ling and neighborhood was no less pleasant And we went to bed that K night to dream of bold knights and fair ladies of the ball room rout and andIs Is v the clash of arms of the glint of mail and waving pennons of bloody t crosses and noble hunts DAVID O. 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