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I went to dine with Charlie Macpherson at 

 Belville. Next day we went to lunch at Moy, The 

 Macintosh's (his lady had a babe the same night), 

 and then on to Cawdor Castle. Next day, Inverness- 

 slept at Station Hotel. Lunch at Ding wall, where 

 Ronald Ferguson was canvassing. We were photo- 

 graphed there. Slept at Tain, and next day to 

 Golspie. Here all the others went on by train to 

 Lang well, leaving Chandy and me to bring on the 

 coach. 



The only people in the hotel were Kennedy, the 

 Scottish songster, and his daughters. I gave him 

 the words of the " Slippy Stane," as he had never 

 heard it and was keen to get Scotch songs ; but he 

 did not live to sing it. We met Lady Rosslyn and 

 Dr. Duncan coming out of church. The Duchess 

 of Sutherland had a baby the night before. We 

 dined at Dunrobin. The Duke and Chandy had 

 been at Eton together, and I was allowed to see the 

 baby. 



Captain Reid was adjutant of the volunteers, and 

 he had a pack of beagles. Next morning we ran a 

 drag round the house at Dunrobin. 



9th August. It was my birthday ; sixty-seven 

 years old. When we arrived at Langwell we found 

 all the party coming up from the river, having caught 

 some good fish. 



On the nth we walked over to Braemar. Chandy 

 and one other remained to shoot there. I had shot 

 there with Ralph Anstruther in 1837. 



On the 1 2th the Duke and George Gore shot 



