The Chameleon (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The ChameleonAt this lonely and dirty hostelry, named after royalty, like many other inns in the Highlands, from its having been originally a station'for the lodgment Of His Majesty's Forces, during those periods Of turbulence, when, though their presence was necessary amid such fastnesses, their safety was by no means secure, if quar tered upon the inhabitants, nor even their shelter, if it depended on being found in the house of a subject. Having received farther directions, I proceeded briskly on, and gradually fell into a train of re¿ections which prepared me, in some measure, for receiving what was a pleasurable surprise, upon unexpectedly seeing before me a small but regularly built Gothic chapel, placed upon an isolated eminence, little more extensive than the circuit of its own walls, beneath which a stream, as silent as a monk or eremite could wish for near his cell, glided in serpentine folds. It was apparently too small for a parish church, even in the.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.