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her charges are as moderate as the most econo- 

 mical traveller could wish. The country round 

 Durness is full of magnificently wild scenery, and 

 the sheltered little sandy bays afford excellent 

 bathing. 



Durness, by Ehiconnich, to Scowrie, is about 

 twenty -six miles. Scowrie should be another 

 resting-place : there is much to see, and a good 

 inn. For my own part, I have a most pleasing 

 recollection of Scowrie, and of the hospitality of 

 Mr. M'lvor (the Duke of Sutherland's manager 

 in that district). 



Scowrie to Inchnadarnph, by Kyleska Ferry, still 

 takes the traveller through a country every step of 

 which is most splendidly wild and picturesque. 

 Inchnadamph Inn, at the foot of Ben More, and at 

 the head of Loch Assynt, is another good resting- 

 place. Loch Inver, four miles from Inchnadamph, 

 has also an excellent inn, and is well worth going 

 to see. To Inveran Inn, on the Shin river, from 

 Inchnadamph is thirty-two miles ; but with two 

 inns on the way, Altnagalcanach and Oykel, at both 

 of which tolerable accommodation may be had. 

 Inveran is a small house, but as cleanly and com- 

 fortably kept as any inn in Britain. I never knew 

 an angler on the Shin river who did not say the 

 same of the inn at Inveran ; the landlady, in her 



