THE FINDHORN RIVES 



CHAPTER XXII 



The Findhorn River — Excursion to Source — Deer - stalking — Shepherds — Hind and 

 Calf ^ Heavy Rain — Floods — Walk to Lodge — Fine Morning — Highland 

 Sheep — Banks of River — Cottages. 



I DO not know a stream that more completely realises all one's 

 ideas of the beauty of Highland scenery than the Findhorn, 

 taking it from the spot where it is no more than a small rivulet 

 bubbling and sparkling along a narrow gorge in the far-off re- 

 cesses of the Monaghliahd mountains, down to the Bay of Find- 

 horn, where its accumulated waters are poured into the Moray 

 Firth. From source to mouth, this river is full of beauty and 

 interest. 



On a bright August day, the 6th of the month, I joined a 

 friend in a deer-stalking expedition, near the source of the Find- 

 horn, in the Monaghliahd. We went from near Inverness to 

 our quarters. For the greatest part of our way our road was 



