CHAPTER IV. 



LOCH NA-NEAN. 



THE wet weather necessitates a rest from the hard 

 work which has been performed by the shooters on 

 Rhidorach ; affording an opportunity of making note 

 of the wonderful sport that has been enjoyed and the 

 varied pleasures experienced during a visit to the 

 Highlands. The grandeur of the scenery when the 

 sportsman is roving over the Grampians adds greatly 

 to the pleasure of the sport ; and he would be a soul- 

 less individual indeed who could, however intent on 

 his sport, overlook and not feel excited by the glorious 

 views that meet his eye as he mounts hill after hill in 

 pursuit of the game. For my part, I cannot under- 

 stand why so many people who talk glibly of the 

 beauties of foreign lands have never visited Scotland. 

 Bach day during my stay has furnished some fresh 

 delight ; the wonderful change from the air of London 

 to the invigorating breezes on the Grampian Hills 

 enabling one to walk without fatigue, hour after hour, 

 to places inaccessible to any other than pedestrians. 



A day or two since the morning broke bright and 

 clear, giving promise of a fine day, and it was decided 

 that I should accompany my hostess in a climb, in 



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