Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: A Stroll Hound The City Of Londonderry. With garlands crown'd, the virgins trcw the way, And in glad hymns repeat his glorious name, While joyful mothers to their wond ring babes, Point out the hero. —ffiffffon. FTER the siege of Derry, Walker accompanied the British army to the River Boyn, where he fell by the hand of the enemy, just a few hours before the victory. His work was accom- ;, plished, and God called him home! At the base of the shaft, are several large cannons, which were used in the siege of 1649, when Sir Charles Coote's army, which had espoused the side of the Rump Parliament, was besieged for five months, and in 1689,when the Protestants of the north, declared themselves in favor of William, Prince of Orange. "Roaring Meg "is the largest cannon on the wall, and measures four feet six inches in girt at the thickest, and eleven feet in length. It bears the following inscription, on its back, ' Fishermongcrs, London, 1642." Dekry's Cathedral has one of the most imposing sites of the city. Standing, as it does, upon the highest pinnacle, and having a lofty spire, it gives great effect to the whole place. Here, in this venerable temple, seventeen Episcopalian, and eight Presbyterian clergymen, who voluntarily encountered the danger of the siege, assembled daily, in their turn, to encourage, and comfort the multitude under their care; and to implore the protection of Almighty God. The style of the building, is that which ia usually known among antiquarians, as the "Perpendicular, or Tudor style." The length of the church, independent of the tower, is one hundred and fourteen feet; the breadth sixty-six feet, and the height forty-six feet. The spire measures, from the ground, one hundred and seventy-nine feet, or two hundred and ninety- seven feet, abov...