2. THE NORTH BRITISH ROUTE. The Glasgow station is in Queen Street, close by St George's Square. The distance to Edinburgh is 48 miles. Fares same as by the Caledonian route, above. Near the city a tunnel 1100 yards in length leads to Cowlairs. Passing Bishopbriggs, Croy, and Castlecary, we reach FALKIRK (23 miles) (Hotel: Red Lion)-famous for its vestiges of antiquity and the great battle which was fought in the neighbourhood. The scene of the battle is about midway between the town and the river Carron. The battle is supposed to have raged near the village of Mungal by Mungalbog, behind which the Scots were posted. LINLITHGOW (31 miles) (Hotel: Red Lion), the county town, a royal burgh, and a place venerable for its antiquities. The most remarkable of its buildings is the royal palace, a quadrangular building covering nearly an acre of ground, now in ruins, but still retaining an air of grandeur. Its base is washed by the waters of a beautiful lake, in which lake is the island connected with the singular tradition "that in remote times a black dog was found there chained to a tree, though there were no visible means of conveying it there." From this mysterious circumstance the burgh of Linlithgow assumed as its armorial bearings the palace is a handsome square, a dog chained to a tree. Within on the eastern side of which is a large room having a gallery at one end. This was called Parliament Hall. In this palace Mary Queen of Scots was born. The chapel occupies one side of the The views from many parts of the square; it was built by James V. palace are very fine. About four miles beyond are the ruins of Niddry Castle, in which Mary Queen of Scots found refuge the night after her escape from Lochleven Castle. Passing Winchburgh, Ratho (the junction for Queensferry), Cogar and Corstorphine stations, without meeting with anything of especial interest, we reach Haymarket, the West End station of Edinburgh, and thence passing on through the Princes Street gardens reach the Waverley Station. HE PRINCIPAL OBJECTS of INTEREST, in the order in which they are hereinafter described, are Calton Hill, p. 73. Burns' Monument, and the other objects on and about Calton Hill; The Scott Monument, p. 73; Princes Street Gardens, p. 73; The National Gallery and Antiquarian Museum, p. 73; The Castle, p. 75; The Closes; St Giles' Cathedral, p. 77; Site of the Old Tolbooth, p. 77; Parliament House, and Grave of John Knox, p. 78; The Grassmarket, p. 77; Greyfriars' Churches and Church yard, p. 77; Allan Ramsay's Shop; John Knox's House, p. 78; Holyrood Palace and Abbey, p. 79; The Queen's Drive,round Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags, p. 80; The New Episcopal Cathedral, p. 82; Donaldson's and Heriot's Hospitals, p. 82; University, Museum of Science and Art, College of Surgeons, p. 82; Botanic Gardens, p. 82; Excursion to Roslin and Hawthornden, p. 83. CIRCUIT OF THE MOST INTERESTING OBJECTS. Tourists are advised to begin their tour by a visit to Calton Hill, which is within a few minutes' walk of any of the hotels in Princes Street, from which point they will be able to see at a glance nearly every object of interest in and around the city. Calton Hill rises 300 feet above the level of the sea, and terminates the city of Edinburgh towards the east. As we approach the hill from Waterloo Place, the eastern extension of Princes Street, we see on the left the monument of Dugald Stewart; close to it is the Royal Observatory, a little to the west of which is the Old Observatory. On the summit of the hill is Nelson's Monument, the top of which, 350 feet above the level of the sea, may be reached by a flight of circular steps (fee 3d.) The monument is used as the time signal, a ball falling from the flag-staff on the firing of the one o'clock gun at the Castle. Between the Observatory and Nelson's Monument stands the National Monument, a partial reproduction of the Parthenon of Athens, unfinished. It was intended to commemorate the heroes who fell at Waterloo. The view is one of the finest in the world. Looking toward the south-east we see Arthur's Seat, and below, Salisbury Crags, and nearer, HÓLYROOD PALACE and CHAPEL. At the south and close under the hill are seen the buildings of the High School, and Burns' Monument. At the High School great numbers of British celebrities have been educated. The cupola of Burns' Monument is a copy of the monument of Lysicrates at Athens. It is open every day from 10 to 4, fee 2d. It contains some interesting relics of the poet. Near by are the new Prisons. Opposite, across the valley, we see the huge sombre buildings of the OLD TOWN. The spire of Tron Church is conspicuous, and a little beyond and at the right, is seen the curious spire of St Giles' Church, in the form of an octagonal lantern, a notice of which is |