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sharp tramp along this making a pleasant change from 

 pony back ; then we turned abruptly to the right, to find 

 ourselves face to face with the very steep hillside towering 

 above us ; so steep was it that the whole party were 

 reduced to hands and knees ere gaining the top. Once 

 there, the panorama that disclosed itself was of such vast 

 dimensions and so superbly beautiful that for a short time 

 the deer were absolutely forgotten. Facing us lay the 

 whole of the Sound of Sleat and the Isle of Skye, with the 

 saw-shaped peaks of the Cuchullins in the distance ; away 

 to the west the Islands of Rum, Eigg, Muck, and Canna 

 dotted the ocean, while further to the south CoU and 

 Tiree appeared in the distance, their rocky extremities 

 apparently curving up and standing clear of the water 

 — sure sign of wet weather ; beyond these isles spread 

 the waters of the sunlit Atlantic, offering a view so 

 vast in scope that no canvas could take it in. Infinitely 

 varied in outline and ever changing fi:om grave to 

 gay, as the shadows chased each other from rocky 

 headlands to darken distant islands, the whole effect 

 offered a land and sea scape of such rare bcAuty that, 



