The tracery round the capitals of pillars is in wonderful preservation, looking as fresh and sharp as on the first day of their creation; instead of the Grecian acanthus _Scotch kail_ being a favourite ornament.

Some of the images still remain in their niches.

In the east aisle is the grave of the famous wizard, Michael Scott, and at the foot of the tombstone a grim-looking figure,--query himself?
In the ruined cloisters the tracery is of the most delicate description, foliage of trees and vegetables being carved on them.

This Abbey was founded by David the First, but repaired by James the Fourth, which accounts for his altered crown appearing in stone on the walls," &c.

&c.
The Scotch kail is curious, as indicative of national preference: and is the wizard still on guard?
Recollect that in those days there were no guide-books,--so every observant traveller had to record for himself what he saw.
The next, in 1829, was a second visit to the Continent, my first having been in 1826, with those quotations from "Rough Rhymes" which have already met your view.