As he said this he kept his eye upon his map, following his finger, as he moved it about from place to place, as if he was studying out a good way to go. "There is Edinburgh," said Mr. George; "we must certainly go to Edinburgh." "Yes," said Waldron, "I suppose that is a pretty great place. Besides, I want to see the houses twelve stories high." "And there is Linlithgow," continued Mr. George, still looking upon his map. "That is the place where Mary, Queen of Scots, was born. Waldron, would you like to go there?" "Why, no," said Waldron, doubtfully, "not much. I don't care much about that." "It is a famous old ruin," said Mr. George. "But I don't care much about the old ruins," said Waldron. "If the lords and noblemen are as rich as people say they are, I should think they would mend them up." "And here, off in the western part of Scotland," continued Mr. George, "are a great many mountains. Would you like to go and see the mountains?" "No, sir," said Waldron, "not particularly." Then in a moment he added, "Can we go up to the top of them, Mr. George?" "Yes," said Mr. George, "we can go to the top of some of them." "The highest?" asked Waldron. "Yes," said Mr. George. "Ben Nevis, I believe, is the highest. We can go to the top of that." "Then I should like to go," said Waldron, eagerly. "Unless," continued Mr. George, "it should rain _too_ hard." "O, I should not care for the rain," said Waldron. "It's good fun to go in the rain." While this conversation had been going on, Waldron had been looking this way and that, at the various ships and steamers that were gliding about on the water, examining carefully the building of each one, and watching her motions. He now proposed that Rollo should go forward to the bridge with him, where they could have a better lookout. "Well," said Rollo. So the two boys went together to the bridge. The bridge was a sort of narrow platform, extending across the steamer, from one paddle wheel to the other, for the captain or pilot to walk upon, in order to see how the steamer was going, and to direct the steering. When they are in the open sea any of the passengers are allowed to walk here; but in coming into port, or into a river crowded with shipping, then a notice is put up requesting passengers not to go upon the bridge, inasmuch as at such times it is required for the exclusive use of the captain and pilot. This notice was up when Waldron and Rollo reached the bridge. "See," said Rollo, pointing at the notice. "We cannot go there." "O, never mind that," said Waldron. "They'll let us go. They only mean that they don't want too many there--that's all."