1858.] GLENS CANLOCHEN AND DOLE. 589 



Glen Dole, at least from the Clova side, and yet, from the 

 hasty observation I was able to make, it seemed to me that the 

 former glen is much the richer of the two in its botanical pro- 

 ducts. Almost the only plants which do not seem to be com- 

 mon to both glens alike are the Gentiana nivalis and Oxijtropis 

 campestris, the former apparently confined to Canlochen, the 

 latter to Glen Dole. On reaching the table-land above the 

 glen, we followed the course of the stream of the White 

 Water, which takes its rise in the bogs at the head of Glen 

 Callater, and accordingly forms an excellent guide to steer by. 

 The total distance from Acharne to the foot of Loch Callater 

 is, as nearly as possible, ten miles. On the second visit we paid 

 to Canlochen and Glen Dole, we were only out for a single day, 

 and by taking a car six miles up Glen Cluny as before, and 

 ordering another to meet us at the foot of Loch Callater in 

 the evening, we were enabled to get two hours in Canlochen 

 and two more in Glen Dole, and so combine the two without 

 any difficulty. There is no reason, however, for thus visiting 

 both on the same day; indeed, the walk from one to the 

 other is almost the hardest part of the day's work, and it would 

 be much better to approach Canlochen from Glen Cluny, and 

 Glen Dole from Glen Callater, if Braemar be taken as a starting- 

 point. I have dwelt thus fully upon topographical details in 

 the belief that a few hints of this kind may be of some assist- 

 ance to those who may hereafter visit this part of the High- 

 lands, and in the hope of persuading them to pay a visit to one 

 or other of these beautiful and most interesting glens whenever 

 they chance to be as near them as Castleton. There is no hope 

 of getting any information from the people of the country. 

 Scarcely any one in Braemar could tell me even where 

 Canlochen was, though only ten miles distant. The best way 

 is to trust entirely to your own sources of information and 

 such maps as you possess, and, with the hints above given, I 

 do not think that any one could very easily mistake the right 

 road. 



The usual plan of making Clova head-quarters is attended 

 with so many inconveniences that it presents insuperable ob- 

 stacles to most tourists. In the first place, it is altogether off 

 the regular track ; and next, the accommodation is, as I said, of 

 a very second-rate description. Castleton of Braemar, on the 



