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and as the mist was so dense that we could not see 

 above a yard or two before us, I was" of opinion 

 that it would be our safest plan to follow a dry 

 gully down to a burn which we knew fell into 

 (llenlyon, and, although a few miles out of our 

 road, would be sure to bring us home at last ; but 

 as Donald was so exceedingly confident that he 

 could find his way back across the hill, I at last 

 gave way, though I certainly had great doubts on 

 the subject. 



After leaving the rocky ground we made good 

 progress for about an hour and a half, when I 

 noticed that Donald's cheerful countenance began to 

 wear a troubled look, and he at length proposed 

 that we should make casts for a large rock which 

 ought (supposing we were in the right line) to be 

 at no great distance. After searching for half an 

 hour but without meeting a single mark that would 

 serve to guide us on our way, we found it was no 

 use to proceed any further in the direction we were 

 going, and on retracing our steps we soon got so con- 

 fused that even the trusty Donald was forced to confess 

 that he was at a loss to know which way to turn. 

 After wandering about all night we found ourselves, 

 when the mist cleared off at daybreak, within a 

 short distance of Loch Kannoch, being then just a 

 mile or two further from the Lodge than we were 

 when we started for home the previous evening. 



A few days later, as I was anxious to know 

 where we had first missed our way, I went over the 

 same ground, when I discovered that after proceed- 

 ing about a couple of hundred yards we had in 

 some manner turned round and taken a nearly 

 opposite course. 



On passing the nest of the Ptarmigan which 

 had been caught by the terrier, I found she was 

 sitting on only three eggs, the others having been 

 without doubt carried off by the Ravens. While I 

 was collecting the tail feathers, which had most 

 probably drawn their attention to the nest, I heard 



