CHAP. xiv. JOURNEY TO DUNBEATH. 



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along the public road, by Sordal, Banniskirk, Spittle- 

 hill, and Achavannich, on to Dunbeath. The distance 

 was twenty-eight miles. He walked alone, on foot, and 

 in the dark. It was a long, lone, dreary walk. 



As the light began to dawn he saw Loch Stemster on 

 one side of the road, and Loch Eangag on the other. 



DO.-BEATH t EAST COAST 



Then he crossed the foot of Ben Cheilt, over the road 

 made through the energy of Sir John Sinclair. This 

 was the dividing ridge between the east and the west 

 coasts. Out of this ridge various streams begin to flow, 

 which run down into the North Sea. On searching 

 about, he found that the granitic debris was not confined 

 to the hollow places, but lay at a considerable elevation 

 amongst the moors, if ii did not lie beneath the whole 



