2()0 CRUISES. 



manly young officer of the name of Jackson, a nephew of 

 Mr White Melville. 



'•We left Scrabster Eoads yesterday morning at an 

 early hour, steamed all along the southern coast of Suther- 

 land with a fresh wind and a favourable tide, both sea 

 and sky in great spirits, everything being so bright and 

 beautiful, from the sparkling spray below to the embattled 

 clouds above. So on we drove at a great rate, myself 

 standing chiefly on the paddle-box, and shewing off 

 greatly by naming all the headlands as we passed along, 

 to the great astonishment of the southern sailors, all of 

 whom, except a pilot, were new to the northern regions. 



I dared not enter Loch Eribol to call on C M • 



who has shooting quarters and may still be there ; but 

 after rounding Cape Wrath we hugged the land for the 

 sake of smooth water, slipt along sweetly, and in good 

 time ran up to Kyle Sku, where we cast anchor, dined, 

 lay all night, and are now as snug as junipers. 



" It was at this place that the Princess Royal ran her 

 no.ie against the side of a hill in 1841, as duly recorded 

 in Wilson's ' Voyage.' Having been beat in my upward 

 passage on that occasion, I was the more anxious to com- 

 plete my exploration now, so to-day (Saturday) we took a 

 four- oared gig and started immediately after breakfast. 

 This narrow land-locked water where we now he branches 

 off at it3 upper extremity into two distinct lochs, called 



