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so if the lad must needs wade, then I will wade 

 with him to see he comes to no harm," so taking 

 Charles by the arm, they proceeded to ford the 

 swollen waters. On reaching Morar House, they 

 found Macdonald living in a hut, his own mansion 

 having been destroyed by the king's soldiers, and 

 Charles, fancying he was not too welcome, continued 

 his journey to Borobol. 



FOREST OF ROTHIEMURCUS BY AVIEMORE. 



This ancient forest is one of the few of which I 

 have not been able to collect any reliable information. 

 It is owned by Mr. Sheriff Grant, rented by Mr. 

 Hargreaves Brown, and covers some 19,000 acres 

 of well-wooded, fine-looking deer ground, the greater 

 part of which can be seen from the Highland rail- 

 way, as the train runs from Kincraig to Aviemore. 

 It was near the old castle of Rothiemurcus that the 

 Marquis of Montrose pitched his camp when pursued 

 by the Duke of Argyll, from whence he made a 

 masterly retreat into the forest of Abernethy. Rothie- 



