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George Gore, Bill Bentinck, Chandy, Turner, and 

 myself. We sent one team on to Birnam and 

 stopped there to lunch, changed horses, and on to 

 the inn at Blair-Athol, where we slept, the other 

 team having gone on by rail to Dalnaspidal. As 

 we passed Middlehaugh, Amy Fergusson and her 

 sister gave us Athol brose. 



Next morning we changed horses, Dalnaspidal, 

 and on to Newtonmore, where Mr. Wood had the 

 shooting, and he entertained us hospitably. We 

 passed Belville, Charlie Macpherson's. Aviemore or 

 Boat of Garten, lunch. 



We stayed at the Station Hotel, Inverness, and 

 were photographed next morning. Called at Evan- 

 ton. Munro, the Raith keeper with one leg, was 

 landlord at inn. 



Tain. I there left them and returned home by 

 train. 



Charleton, i3th. Started with Charlie and Agnes 

 to drive to Wemyss pottery. A tremendous thunder- 

 storm. It became quite dark. A flash of lightning 

 in front of the horses made them start and we turned 

 back. Next day we started for the potteries again, 

 and " Swindon " got a shoe off, and I left the carriage 

 at the blacksmith's shop. While in the pottery the 

 boy ran in and said, " Please, sir, the horse is dead " ; 

 and dead he was, so we had to go home by train. 



2 i st. I went to stay at Dysart. 



22nd. Colonel Keates, R.A., arrived next day. 

 A steam launch came to take him to Inchkeith for 

 inspection. We went with him, Rosslyn and Milli- 



