CHAPTER XV.

THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND.

Christening of the Prince of Wales--Manufacturing Distress-- The Queen's Efforts to alleviate it--Assesses Herself to the Income Tax--Resolves to Visit Scotland--Embarks at Woolwich-- Beacon Fires in the Firth of Forth--Landing on Scottish Soil--A Disappointment--Formal Entry into Edinburgh--Richness of Historical and Ancestral Associations--The Queen on the Castle Rock--A Highland Welcome--Departure from Scotland 126