traordinary length were actually used;" and he thus alludes to them in Marmion.
"Fast ran the Scottish warriors there
Upon the southern band to stare,
And envy with their wonder rose
To see such well appointed foes,
Such length of shaft, such mighty bows,
So large, that many simply thought,
But for a vaunt such weapons wrought,
And little deemed their force to feel
Through links of mail and plates of steel,
When rattling upon Flodden-vale
The cloth-yard arrows flew like hail."
"Queen Mary's walk."
Some carnations, which were given us from a spot called "The Lady's Walk," we carried with us to Edinburgh, and they retained their freshness and beauty for several days after our arrival there. We visited the remains of the turret, in the castle of Carlisle, where Mary of Scotland was held in confinement, when, after the battle of Langside, she decided to throw herself on the generosity of Elizabeth. We saw also the limits of the promenade, bounded on one side by the moat, where she was permitted to take her daily exercise, guarded by sentinels. Two large ash-trees formerly marked its extreme point, planted, according to tradition, by her own hands. They were
