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SALISBURY CRAIGS.

THE lofty eminences of Salisbury Craigs are familiar to all who have visited the city of Edinburgh. The conical summit of the hill rises eight hundred and twenty-two feet above the level of the sea. In the adjacent valley are the remains of St. Anthony's chapel, "overhung," says Dr. Beattie, "by a rocky precipice, and covering the most remarkable spot within the whole circle of this wild and romantic landscape. The view which it commands-particularly at sunset, when the atmosphere is clear-is of unrivalled beauty: it is a view in which every pictorial accessory seems brought into the richest and most efficient combination." Another eminence, rising from the valley, is Arthur's Seat; the vast and varied prospect from the summit of which is proverbially fine. "The scene, on which the eye reposes," is said to be "as graceful as wood, water, high cultivation, modern mansions, and feudal ruins can render it." The precincts of Holyrood House, embracing a circle of about three miles, including Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Craigs, and the King's Park, are remarkable for affording a refuge for debtors. The privilege of sanctuary is strictly limited to civil debts. Persons who have become insolvent, or have experienced sudden reverses, reside within the prescribed boundary, hoping to retrieve their painful circumstances.