14 ANGLING & ART IN SCOTLAND 



in Mr. Crockett's story of "The Raiders," from 

 which the unhappy traveller never issues forth, 

 unless in small pieces. But, fortunately for us, the 

 days of the Raiders were long past — the Galloway 

 farmhouses most justly renowned for their hos- 

 pitality. 



Our first objective was the top of a mountain, 

 one of the high screen to the westward already 

 mentioned, called Mickle Milyea, 2400 feet high — 

 and a good long pull we found it on that lovely 

 August day. As we climbed the shoulder we could 

 see the black waters of Loch Dungeon far beneath 

 us, on our right, more or less surrounded with its 

 steep precipices : a step farther to the north lay 

 the Mid-loch, or Minnoch ; and beyond that again, 

 Loch Harrow, with its boathouse looking like a 

 child's toy on the edge of the lake. 



Arrived at the summit, a grand panorama was 

 spread out before us, with the river Dee far below. 

 A great, desolate valley, running north and south, 

 divided the range on which we stood from another 

 huge conglomeration of hills, having Merrick — the 

 highest mountain in the south of Scotland — for its 

 centre. Across the glen, almost encircled by hills, 

 we could see Loch Dee, with the river Dee issuing 



