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the same with good grace. The Duke had also invited 

 Archibald Thorburn to arrive with me, so, having met 

 at Inverness, we did the rest of the journey together. 



On reaching Lairg, we learned that the recent 

 bursting of a waterspout in the hills had carried away 

 one of the bridges on the road to our destination ; 

 under these circumstances we had to proceed by water, 

 and a small launch from the hotel being ready, we 

 puffed away up Loch Shin to Overscaig, where a 

 " machine " duly meeting us, we reached Lochmore in 

 time for a late dinner. 



In addition to the house on Lochmore, at Kyle 

 Strome, eight miles off, the Duke has a smaller house, 

 beautifully and romantically situated close to the narrow 

 ocean entrance to the salt water lochs of Glen Coul and 

 Glen Dubh, and there we heard that Lord and Lady 

 Arthur Grosvenor and Lord Belgrave were staying for a 

 few days' stalking. 



On the 23rd I stalked on the home beat at the 

 back of the Lodge, which at this period of the year 

 is chiefly hind ground, and though we spied several 



