138 THE MOUNTAIN. 



Saxifrage,* which (this being the sunny side of 

 the mountain) was in full bloom, and, with its 

 large flowers beautifully spotted with orange, was 

 well worth the trouble of visiting in its native 

 haunts. 



After reaching the shores of Loch Sloy, little 

 occurred worthy of note during the remainder of 

 our inarch. We had a long scrambling walk by a 

 foot-path, which was every now and then lost in 

 the dry channel of a mountain stream, or the yet 

 more uncomfortable footing afforded by a morass. 

 The sun had long set when we arrived at the main 

 road ; and the heat being moderated, and our 

 path level and easy, we could contemplate at 

 our leisure the deepening shadows of the moun- 

 tains, and the altered appearance of the Loch, 

 which, when we passed by the same road some 

 hours before, was resplendent with the blaze of 

 morning. We reached Tarbet at ten o'clock, and 

 after a hearty tea, which at the end of such a day's 

 joumey was not very likely to interfere with our 

 night's rest, sought in repose a preparation for our 

 next day's excursion. 



Next morning, between eleven and twelve o'clock, 

 we embarked on board the " Loch Lomond" 

 steamer, and were taken to the head of the lake. 

 There we landed a few passengers and returned to 

 Inversnaid, where there is a picturesque mill and 

 waterfall.-)- This romantic spot, independently of 

 its natural beauties, is rendered interesting from 

 having in its neighbourhood the cave to which the 

 notorious freebooter, Rob Roy, used to retire when 

 too hotly pressed by his pursuers. Nearly oppo- 



* Saxifraga aizoides. t See frontispiece. 



