EXCURSION I. 67 



without precipices, towards Glen Rosa. We can descend 

 easily at almost any part of it. A few minutes will bring 

 us to the junction of the two burns, over the most rough and 

 toilsome part of the long walk yet before us. Farther our 

 way lies nearly by the side of the Rosa burn, through the 

 moss and heather, till we reach the Garbh-Alt, where our 

 ascent began in the morning. The smooth carpet of the 

 glen is now beneath our feet, and we dismiss all fears of 

 adders in the path, which troubled us a little in the uncer- 

 tain light of the last hour. Emerging from the glen, and 

 crossing the pretty burn by the rustic bridge, we gain the 

 Brodick side and Glen Shant Lane. In twenty minutes 

 more we are at the door of our comfortable inn, and are soon 

 seated at the welcome evening meal. It is pleasant to talk 

 over the incidents of our long walk : they will awaken joyful 

 memories on wintry nights, years to come. 



