166 THE MOOES AND THE MOUNTAINS. 



in good order after its voyage from Newhaven. After a 

 good sleep and no snoring, we took breakfast and departed 

 for Tain. We found that the boat travelled upon its 

 wheels very smoothly. As the day was fine, we did not 

 mount, but followed it to Tain, collecting insects, &c, by 

 the road. In a small marsh we got a great many Ela- 

 phri, DonacioB, &c, and particularly Bleihisa multipunc- 

 tata, a fine insect resembling a very large Elaphrus. In 

 a wood we took the small green under-wing butterfly 

 (Thecla rubi), which I had never before seen alive; a very 

 fine bright long-shaped Coccinetta, and a Galeruca not in 

 my collection. We dined at Tain, which is on the Dor- 

 noch Frith, and in the cool of the afternoon proceeded to 

 Bonar Bridge. The scenery along the shore upwards was 

 very beautiful, particularly just after sunset, for before 

 that time, as we were walking in a westerly direction, the 

 glare of light upon the water was rather bright and 

 dazzled our een as we tried to gaze upon the wooded pro- 

 montories in advance, or the snow-spotted peaks of the 

 far-mountains. But as soon as the sun was down we 

 enjoyed the fine amphitheatre of western hills, and the 

 beautiful glimpses, neither few nor far between, of the 

 Dornoch Frith, as we looked down upon it through the 

 old pine woods through which our path conducted us to 

 Bonar Bridge. We got on twenty-six miles that day, 

 which was a fair trial both for man and beast. .... 



