Scotland -- Description and travel -- Juvenile literature
The people of the castle hoisted the portcullis, to let the load of hay
come in, and the farmer, as soon as he had got the wagon in the middle
of the gateway, stopped it there, and cut the traces, so that it could
not be drawn any farther. At the same instant the men who were hid under
the hay jumped out, killed the guard at the gates, called out to the
other men who were in ambush, and they all poured into the castle
together, crowding by at the sides of the wagon. The wagon, being
directly in the way, prevented the portcullis from being shut down. Thus
the castle was taken.
Mr. George and Rollo also went to visit Melrose Abbey, which is a very
beautiful ruin in the south part of Scotland. While they were there they
visited Abbotsford, too, which is the house that Walter Scott lived in.
Walter Scott amused himself, during his lifetime, in collecting a great
many objects of interest connected with Scottish history, and putting
them up in his house; and now the place is a perfect museum of Scottish
antiquities and curiosities.
Melrose and Abbotsford are in the southern part of Scotland, not very
far from the English frontier. After visiting them, Mr. George and Rollo
proceeded by the railway to Berwick, which stands on the boundary line;
and there they bade Scotland farewell.
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