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West from the Hill shows the picturesque and irregular mass of theCastle, immediately behind the classic monument to Dugald Stewart, whichoccupies the foreground of the picture. On the right of the monument andthe south side of Princes Street appear in succession the tower of theNorth British Railway Hotel, and the monument to Sir Walter Scott. Onthe left of the picture is seen part of the Old Town, with the ImperialCrown of St. Giles’s, the spire of the Tolbooth Church, and the dome ofthe Bank of Scotland