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Atlantic Monthly, Vol. VI.,October, 1860.--No. XXXVI
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Title: Atlantic Monthly, Vol. VI.,October, 1860.--No. XXXVI. A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics
Author: Various
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THE
ATLANTIC MONTHLY.
A MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE, ART, AND POLITICS.
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VOL. VI.--OCTOBER, 1860.--NO. XXXVI.
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SOME OF THE HAUNTS OF BURNS.
BY A TOURIST WITHOUT IMAGINATION OR ENTHUSIASM.
We left Carlisle at a little past eleven, and within the half-hour were at Gretna Green. Thence we rushed onward into Scotland through a flat and dreary tract of country, consisting mainly of desert and bog, where probably the moss-troopers were accustomed to take refuge after their raids into England. Anon, however, the hills hove themselves up to view, occasionally attaining a height which might almost be called mountainous. In about two hours we reached Dumfries, and alighted at the station there.
Chill as the Scottish summer is reputed to be, we found it an awfully hot day, not a whit less so than the day before; but we sturdily adventured through the burning sunshine up int