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Macdonald, his wife agreeing to wait by a boulder. 

 But the rain was persistent, dark mists closed round, 

 obscuring any view of the glen, and when he returned 

 with the guide it was with disappointment that he had 

 not found the " Parallel Road," which ends in Glen 

 Larig, more clearly exhibited. Still the walk in the 

 heavy rain through the long wet heather was more 

 than compensated for by the geological features he had 

 been able to see of Glen Larig Leacan, and of the re- 

 markable ravine at its entrance. 



Roy Bridge was left with regret and in a steady 

 downpour, but mine host had found a close carriage for 

 the travellers, who followed the road to the Falls of 

 Mucomir, near to which the Spean enters Loch Lochy. 

 In spite of rain, geological observations were made. 

 It was seen that all the low islands thence from Loch 

 Linnhe to Oban, including Lismore, are strongly glac- 

 iated, from their summit down to the water's edge. 

 Oban was reached in the evening, and early next day 

 they crossed the ferry to the island of Kerrera, rain 

 unluckily beginning to fall before they stepped from 

 the boat, and increasing as they followed the cartway 

 by the shore, whence they went steadily on in search of 

 raised beaches. After ascending high ground in face of 

 wind and rain, they came down to the ruins of Castle 

 Gulin, a Danish fortress where Alexander II. of Scot- 

 land died in 1249. Here they were besieged by a herd 

 of Highland cattle, and might have been detained about 

 ten minutes (which under the conditions seemed a 

 time interminable), when the herd suddenly moved off 

 down to better pasture near the shore, and the excur- 

 sionists gladly made their escape up the steep track 

 which they had previously descended. 



The next day's geologising was on the mainland,. 



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