Show Confer conference enie visits to can oan ai ihn jah loy Loi nond dumbarton castle ana and edinburgh 1 I I 1 I 1 livi LIVERPOOL april 28 1875 george A smith sti 1 I 1 I 1 DEAR dean FATHER farner onfre on the ie evening ening of the president jos J os 1 m mith it b J B bros ros F 21 blyman ML lym nym an L IJ J wll nil ud i i e and john squires and myself myse I 1 air cir left Liver liverpool pol poi by the steamer bear be for glasgow the irish sea bea was almost without a ripple we were twenty two hours on the wa water at r we passed along the west co colst coast ast of scotland and up the clyde the scenery was grand and imposing and we all ali nelt felt full fuli of life ilfe and ond joy oil on our arrival in glasgow we went to tot allana temperance hotel where we were soon joined d babros by bros david Alac mackenzie Kenzie kenzle peter sine sinclair lal lai B R hogg A G ingrain A macfarland Fa and chester gli gil cail call we had a most splendid time in ia visit ing until 12 midnight on sunday we held three mul e meetings in the city hall which were well weli attended A good spirit prevailed u nod nd a most enjoyable 11 time tr e had was had by Uy allhands all ali hands on monday we visited the cathedral ithe and necropolis polls and went to 10 boch loch domond lomond and had a short ride on ita beautiful waters from prom there we went to the rock on which Dum dumbarton birton castle once onto stood but the old castle is gone and government has built a fort nort and keeps a few troops there now we saw and handled bandied the supposed sword of william wallace it is about five feet six inches long we also saw a an n old hatchet or battle ax sup posed to have been boen the property of robert bruce we nyo put in lp a v very ery lively day and at 7 p m returned to glaskow glasgow glasgow is the finest commercial a city that I 1 have seen beell on this side of the water the buildings are better hetter and the streets am are laid out w with ith more regularity and are generally of ver very Y good width on tuesday our entire party patty aside from ebros hogg and ingram ingrain took toon traia traba fer for E edinburgh where we all arrived safe and sound in making the trip across the country we vp passed bom som splendid scenery r and saw linlithgow Lin lithgoW castle me the place where mary wary queen of scots I 1 was born on our arrival at edinburgh we went want to dru dra ammonds temperance hotel put up zip and went to tu see bee sir gir walter scots montt monti hent nent which is two hundred feet high ve ascended some stone steps onehundred one hundred and eighty feet au and d got il a magnificent yiew view of the city I 1 this monument I 1 fake take to be in the gothic aty kelel le 1 in different places on the are figures te presenting characters in his Scot scotts may VAY novel hotels s underneath the arches isa is ls a larg large e staffe af scott by mr steel sterl from the monument ive ire went to 0 the celebrated edinburgh Castl castle fe which is built ona on a rock almost in the centre of the city the castle is well preserved and is now garri garni w with troops we 1 crown and some more of he d rl deeana of the old scottish kings which were discovered by S sir ir waiter walter scott in tt jarge oak chest ther lahd und egvert covered covert d up among the debris and eliina of one of 0 t h rooms 6 of f the uhe old ca castle castie but bub which hns has b been een thoroughly repaired we were tere in the room where they say sax queen marygale Mary marx mar V gave gava birt birth h to lo james jacq 87 and d we looi egut of the window where he lie was lowered down the rock ibo feet i when only eight days oldo did a and n tl ins iab wail vas carried to F france radde and f in n 16 the rom roman boman an eath cath catholic dile mb pr I 1 should ave said sald poured A upon ivon be fore he repented of his sins and he was left to relent repent after lie he grew grow to years af r accountability 0 we saw paw ati all that was tobe tobo to be seen inside rhe he castle and took a lok iok af at the outer wait waif ran aan and d a view aview of the city cily fram pur elevated position which I 1 pronounce the finest ofleta kind uda I 1 had bad ever sleen dpn froba the walls wails of the astle astie myoNg pre ere pointed mt the hou houses in jn which iho the hody body snatcher and murderer burket burati and hare nare lived from the thy matlo we went to t tile the sat Nat lopa iopa library w he af pf every avery book loo iio the d kingdom is to be deposited after looking around cpr a while wp took a look into the theold oid old scottish Parliament elouse j its w walls wails alls ails were painting 8 and sta sia atutes we werthen then went to the museum of sciences anta anti and auta art and were here there until 5 pm when we returned t ed to oun our T tal tat ap m erest preat smith eiith and bro L bijj J Nut ebu tHU left edinburgh nor for glasgow to take steamer ata pm for fon liverpool we who remained in the city took a ride on a street car bar nive five miles les ies which makes a circuit and gave us a most splendid opportunity port unity to see ee the ther city we also alro went to calton hill hlll on which stands a monument to nelson which some enterprising scotchman man started to build buil dor don or reproduce impart in fart part the faithe parthenon bon hon of I 1 athens fo for lis ils as you know jedin edin burh burgh is called the modern athens abbens some of the brethren were wore out looking thib the city but brother lyman and I 1 went to work at our journals aud tried to m mak mau esome notes of what we had seen j I 1 AA kt 11 pm wp we au alf sallied and abd took a look at the eity city by night at 12 m midnight dulghe we via returned to our hotel on monday lii iii morang bro C call and aud hd I 1 got up and had bad our break breakfast fait jait and climbed to the top fop of what t Is called arthurs seat 1 vout about one and ana a half mailes talles the view we had from our elevated position was the gran grap grandest i cit git I 1 ever looked looke d u upon poli with 0 one he exception and thavone th atone was from the top of mt alt trumbull bull buil on the colorado river W 3 see the firth of forth with IM its shipping and the tife shoie lined with storehouses store houses and fine residences atour very feet jay the most b beauli e a u fiul city I 1 have yet seen and anti in the distance you could see see pee the country mansion mansions with nine fine far farms nl and lawns look at your apple appie tons guidebook gulde guide book and that picture piet uie uio in it was taken from arthurs arthur s seat beat 1 L 1 |