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usually grand situation and a remarkably beautiful town. 

 We stopped long upon the hill-top to enjoy the picture 

 spread out below. The Charioteers will forget much 

 ere their entrance into Inverness fades from the memory. 

 A telegram from friend G., conveyed to us the con- 

 gratulations of our Wolverhampton connection upon 

 the triumphant success of our expedition, to which 

 something like this was sent : " Thanks ! We arrived at 

 the end of this earthly paradise at six o'clock this even- 

 ing. When shall we look upon its like again ? " 



Inverness, August 3. 



It was Saturday, 6 P.M., August 3d, exactly seven 

 weeks and a day after leaving Brighton, when we en- 

 tered Inverness and sat down in our parlor at the Cale- 

 donian Hotel. Up went the flags as usual ; dinner was 

 ordered; then came mutual congratulations upon the 

 success of the journey just finished. Not one of the 

 thirty-two persons who had at various times travelled 

 with us ever missed a meal, or had been indisposed from 

 fatigue or exposure. Even Ben had been improved by 

 the journey. Nor had the coach ever to wait five min- 

 utes for any one ; we had breakfasted, lunched, and 

 dined together, and not one had ever inconvenienced 

 the company by failing to be in time. 



How shall I render the unanimous verdict of the 

 company upon the life we had led? 



