BY THE LOCH-SIDE 



ONE of the brightest experiences of the year 

 is my summer walk through some portion 

 of the Highlands, without any definite purpose 

 except to take in new impressions and pictures, 

 or to freshen old ones; and without any fixed 

 finishing to the day's journey. A programme 

 terminating each night in some comfortable hotel 

 would spoil it all. There is to me a delightful 

 freedom in a planless wander; and a no less 

 delightful uncertainty, and variety in the shelters 

 for the night. 



Toward the end of July, I started from Comrie, 

 to skirt the lakes between Loch Earn, and Loch 

 Katrine, including Balquhidder and Strathyre. This 

 district, studded as it is with lochs, and, gathering 

 within a little space all that is most charming in 



the Highlands, can never be gone over too often, 

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