18 TOUR IN SUTHERLAND. CH. II. 



CHAPTER II. 



Inn at Inchnadamph — Liberal System of the Duke of Suther- 

 land — Facility of Travelling — Beauty of Country — Loch 

 Assynt — Nest of Osprey — Large Spring of Water — Water- 

 Ousel — Dense Mist — "Wild Country near Kylesku — Coun- 

 try between Kylesku and Scowrie — Nest of Osprey ; curious 

 position of — Eagle. 



Being under a good and liberal landlord is like 

 being under a good and liberal government ; and 

 this we found to be the case at Inchnadamph, 

 which is held under the Duke of Sutherland, or 

 (as he is equally well known here) the " good Duke " 

 — a title, by the way, his Grace may be prouder of 

 than any other that could be invented. Throughout 

 the Duke's property here the innkeepers hold their 

 houses (and capital ones they are) rent free, and 

 have certain other advantages in hiring their land, 

 and in having every encouragement that the most 

 kind and judicious liberality of the proprietor can 

 give them, on (I believe) the express condition that 

 their inns should be decently kept, and the charges 

 moderate. The consequence of which arrangement is, 

 that strangers can travel through this otherwise wild 

 and lonely country with every facility and comfort, 



