was murdered under the forms of law during the reign of Charles II., is about a mile and a half northward from Lanark, on the south side of the Mouse. The attainder of Jerviswood was reversed by the Convention Parliament at the Revolution. On the opposite bank of the stream, situated in the midst of extensive plantations, is Cleghorn, the seat of Allan Elliot Lockhart, Esq., M.P.

Lee House, the seat of Sir Norman Macdonald Lockhart, Bart., is about three miles north-west of Lanark, situated in a fair picturesque valley north of the Clyde. It has been modernized in the castellated style, and contains a good collection of pictures. Here is kept the famous Lee Penny, the use made of which by Sir Walter Scott, in his novel of "The Talisman," may be familiar to the reader.

The tourist may proceed from Lanark to Edinburgh, Glasgow, or Carlisle, by Caledonian Railway.

GLASGOW-AYR-AND THE LAND OF BURNS.

By the Glasgow and Ayrshire Railway. The station-house at Glasgow is on the west side of Bridge Street, Tradeston, and very near the "Glasgow Bridge."

On leaving Glasgow the tourist passes an immense number of cotton and silk manufactories, iron-works, and other establishments of a similar kind, together with a succession of elegant villas, belonging to the wealthy merchants and manufacturers connected with the city. About half way between Glasgow and Paisley the ruins of Crookston Castle are to be seen on an eminence overhanging the south bank of the White Cart. This castle was at one time the property of the Stewarts of Lennox, and here Queen Mary resided, when receiving the addresses of Darnley. It is now the property of Sir John Maxwell of Pollock.

Seven miles from Glasgow is the large manufacturing town of

PAISLEY,

[7 miles from Glasgow, and 33 from Ayr. Population, 47,920. Returns one member to Parliament. Inn: The Saracen's Head.]

a place of great antiquity, and which owes its first existence to a religious establishment founded about the year 1160, by Walter Stewart, the ancestor of the royal family of Scotland. The Abbey Church, dedicated to St. James and St. Mirren, is an interesting object of antiquity. The chancel, used as a parish church, remains entire, along with the window of

the northern transept. Attached to the south side is a small but lofty chapel, possessing a remarkably fine echo, and containing a tomb, surmounted by a recumbent female figure, usually supposed to represent Marory, daughter of Robert Bruce, and wife of Walter Stewart, founder of the aobey. This lady was mother of Robert II., the first of the Stewart line, and was killed by a fall from her horse, at a place in the neighbourhood of Paisley. It suffered severely at the Reformation, and its immense revenues became the prey of several of the nobility. The buildings connected with the abbey are the property of the Marquis of Abercorn, the representative of Claud Hamilton, the last abbot, and first temporal superior of Paisley, referred to in Sir Walter Scott's ballad of Cadyow Castle, as

"Stern Claud

Grey Paisley's haughty lord."

It was not until towards the close of last century that Paisley assumed any importance as a manufacturing town. Its original manufactures were coarse checked linen cloth, and checked linen handkerchiefs, and these were succeeded by fabrics of a lighter and more fanciful kind. About the year 1760, the manufacture of gauze was introduced in imitation of the manufactures of Spitalfields, and the experiment met with such success, that the immense variety of elegant and richly ornamented fabrics that were issued from the place surpassed all competition. The gauze trade now employs but few hands, and shawls of silk and cotton, plaids, scarfs, chenile, and Canton crape shawls and handkerchiefs, silks, and Persian velvets, are at present the staple manufacture of the town.

A short distance from Paisley, we pass on the left the straggling village of Elderslie, famous for an oak in which, according to tradition, Sir William Wallace, the "Knight of Elderslie," concealed himself from the English troops. Elderslie House, which stands at a short distance, appears to be of later erection than the era of the hero. About three miles from Paisley, situated on the banks of the Black Cart river, is JOHNSTONE, a thriving seat of the cotton manufacture (pop. 5872). In the vicinity of the town are Milliken House, the seat of Sir W. M. Napier, Bart., and Houston House (Mrs. Cunningham). A short way further on is the village of Kilbarchan (pop. 2467). The ancient superiors of this village were the Sempills of Beltrees, a family in which poetical talent was long hereditary. Sir James Sempill, ambassador to England in 1599, wrote the satire of "The Packman and the Priest." His son, Robert Sempill, was the author of the poem entitled, "The Life and Death of the Piper of Kilbarchan." Francis, the son of this poet, wrote the well-known songs, "Maggie Lauder," and " She rose and loot me in." A few years ago, a statue of Habbie Simpson, the piper above mentioned, was affixed to the steeple of the Town-Hall. About two miles after leaving the Cochranemill Station, the line is carried through a rich strath of agreeable

appearance. On the right are the extensive and highly ornamented pleasure-grounds of Castle Semple, the seat of Colonel Harvey, and on the left (above the public road to Beith) the ruins of Elliston Tower, formerly the seat of the Sempill family.

The tourist now reaches Lochwinnoch village [Inns: The Black Bull; The Wheat Sheaf-15 miles from Glasgow], situated on the side of Castle Semple Loch, near the bottom of a range of hills. At a short distance to the west are Barr Castle, supposed to have been built in the fifteenth century, and Barr House (W. Macdowell, Esq.) Castle Semple Loch is about a mile in length, and contains three wooded islets, on one of which are the remains of an old ancient fortalice.

About 18 miles from Glasgow is Beith, in the vicinity of which are the ruins of Giffen Castle, formerly a stronghold of the Montgomerie family, and further on, near the River Garnock, are the remains of the ancient castle of Glengarnock, the property of the Earl of Glasgow, and the village of Kilbirnie, situated on the sheet of water called Kilbirnie Loch, extending about two miles in length and half a mile in breadth.

Two and a half miles from this and 22 from Glasgow, is the thriving village of Dalry,* situated on an eminence, and nearly surrounded with the waters of the Garnoch, Rye, and Caaf. Pop. 2706.

The next place of importance is Kilwinning (the cell of Winning, a saint who resided here in the eighth century.) [Inn: The Eglintoun Arms. 14 miles from Ayr, 26 from Glasgow. Pop. 3265.+] Hugh de Moreville, Lord of Cuningham, in 1107, founded the abbey for monks of the Tyronesian order, and dedicated it to Saint Winning. The greater part of this splendid edifice was destroyed at the Reformation, and a grant of it was made to the Earl of Glencairn; but the temporalities were erected, in 1603, into a lordship in favour of Lord Eglintoun. A party of freemasons, who came from the Continent to assist in the building of this monastery, were the first to introduce freemasonry into Scotland; and by means of the establishment of lodges, the knowledge of their mysteries was diffused over the rest of the country. Kilwinning is also distin

* From this a branch line is carried to Kilmarnock and Dumfries. Kilmarnock is distinguished for its manufacture of worsted shawls, Brussels and Venetiau carpets, boots, shoes, and some other articles; its success in these manufactures having raised it to the rank of the principal town in Ayrshire for size, wealth, and population. [Inus: The George; the Black Bull. Population 21,443. Within a mile north of the town stand the ruins of Dean Castle, once the residence of the Earls of Kilmarnock.

+ From this a branch line conducts to the town of Ardrossan, a watering place of recent origin, and indebted for its rise chiefly to the public-spirited exertions of the Eglintoun family. It possesses an excellent harbour, constructed by one of the late Earls of that family, who laid out an enormous sum of money on its erection. {Inn; Eglintoun Arms. Population 2071. Steamboats ply regularly from Ardrossan to Arran during the summer.