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Excerpt from Edinburgh: Picturesque NotesHE ancient and famous metropolis of I the North sits overlooking a windy estuary from the Slope and summit of three hills. No situation could be more com manding for the head city of a kingdom none better chosen for noble prospects. From her tall precipice and terraced gardens she looks far and Wide on the sea and broad champaigns. To the east you may catch at sunset the spark of the May lighthouse, Where the Firth expands into the German Ocean; and away to the west, over all the carse of Stirling, you can see the first snows upon Ben Ledi.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.