20i ACCOUNT OF a JOURNEY to the Sources of the 



the horizon at an angle nearly Umilar to that before obferved (45 de- 

 grees;) fuch are the hills forming the north fide of the glen; thofe 

 on the fouth fide, prefenting their northern Edes to us, are more round- 

 ed and fmoother than ordinary j^ covered with green and brown, as it 

 there was much heather J much fnow upon them towards their tops, 

 and large fcaurs of black and whi^e rocks, ilreak their breads, where 

 the fnow or the rain has bared them of foil ; the very fkirts, are fring- . 

 ed fcantily with ftunted wood, whence run green flopes covered with 

 fern and a beautiful, fort of thiftle, through which burft a profufion of 

 flowers of every hue, and in a deep ftoney bed, winding through this. 

 grcQn v^Wty J mxis the. Bhmhci'Gdd'ho. . • 



Wb continued along the ft ream for fome time, and paffed a fpof, 

 where for feveral furlongs the water runs under a large mafs of fnow 

 that fills lip. the bed entirely* Beyond this, the valley open^ 

 out confiderably, difplaying a pretty wide extent of ricbi 

 verdure, though fnow is all around ; indeed for nine months- 

 of the year, the bottom of the valley itfelf is covered with ito. 

 Thus no cultivation can be attempted 1 but the vegetation 

 is rapid and luxuriant, affording pailure to large flocks of fheep which. 

 are driven here at this feafono. 



We foon came tO'Our encamping ground, which is near the top of' 

 the glen, a little way from the bridge of fnow. A cave, under a large 

 Hone called Bkhn-cd-Uddr, fervedas a covering; under this and a few- 

 fimilar rocks^ our party to the number o£ 6q or more,, contrived, to. 



accommodate themfelvesa. 



We have reached the top of the valley of Bhim-cUGdd'h, and are in 

 the heart of the fnow ; the hills which form the valley, arecontinuous 

 with the range of fnowy peaks, that quite ciofe to us in front, bound 



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