the station, and then came home. I thought
from the map that we should go through Paisley; but we did not. We went
_over_ it. We went over it, higher than the tops of the chimneys.

"This is the end of my account; and the most dangerous thing I saw
Waldron do was to go up on the bridge, on board the steamer, and talk
there with the captain."

* * * * *

"Boys," said Mr. George, when he had finished reading these papers,
"your accounts are excellent. The thing I chiefly like about them is,
that you go right straight on and tell a plain story, without spoiling
it all by making an attempt at fine writing. That is the way you ought
always to write. One of these days I mean to get you both to write
something for me in my journal."

CHAPTER VI.

WALKS ABOUT GLASGOW.

Our party remained two days more in Glasgow, and visited quite a number
of objects of interest and curiosity in and around the city.

At one end of the town there was a large open space, laid out for a
pleasure ground; being somewhat similar in character to Boston Common,
only it lay on the margin of the river, and commanded delightful views,
both of the city itself and of the surrounding country. The grounds were
adorned with trees and shrubbery, and paths were laid out over every
portion of it, that were delightful to walk in. There were seats, too,
at every point that commanded a pretty view. This place was called the
Green.

The Green was at the eastern extremity of the city. At the other end,
that is, towards the west, there was a region more elevated than the
rest of the town, where the wealthy people resided. The streets were
arranged in crescents and terraces, and were very magnificent. The
houses were almost all built of stone, and were of a very massive and
substantial, as well as elegant character.

Nearer the centre of the town was a very large and ancient church,
called the cathedral. It was a solemn-looking pile of buildings,
standing by itself in a green yard, back from the road, and thousands of
swallows were twittering and chirping high up among the pinnacles and
cornices of the roof. Although it was in the midst of a crowded city,
the whole structure wore an expression of great seclusion and solitude.

Behind the church, and separated from it by a narrow valley, there was a
steep hill, that was covered, in every part, with tombs, and monuments,
and sepulchral enclosures. The hill was two or thre