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tlbc Selborne Society’s flDaga3fite. 
No. 3. MARCH 15, 1890. Vol. I. 
RIGHT OF WAY ASSERTED AT GLEN DOLL. 
HE publication of a statement, showing the amount of 
the expenses incurred by the Scottish Rights of Way 
Association in successfully upholding the public right 
throughout prolonged litigation with the owner of 
Glen Doll, calls for sympathetic notice from our readers. 
Glen Doll, in Clova, is one of the richest localities for the 
botanist, and, at the same time, one of the most beautiful of 
Highland glens. An old road from Kirkton of Clova to Braemar 
runs through it. The present owner of the Glen, who pur- 
chased it some years ago, closed the road and refused all access, 
no matter how politely the request for it was made. The Scot- 
tish Rights of Way Association promptly challenged this action, 
and litigation ensued, throughout which the owner of Glen 
Doll, a Mr. Macpherson, exhausted every resource of which the 
law is capable in the matter of expense and delay. The case 
finally terminated in the House of Lords, and the public interest 
triumphed in every court and on all the points at issue. The 
only drawback to the success is that a deep encroachment has 
been made on the funds at the disposal of the Society. “The 
extra-judicial costs of the litigation have been heavy. The total 
is ^650 ; and of this sum ^250 is taken from the Society’s 
funds, ^”300 comes out of the pockets of private guarantors, 
members of the Society, and only^ioo — between a sikth and 
a seventh of the whole — has been subscribed by the general 
public.” 
This is not as it should be. The road is now open and the 
gain to the public is a great one. It was worth fighting for, 
but the public apathy may be explained. After all, what is 
the gain of a road in the Highlands ? Dwellers in cities may 
be surprised at our asking this question. It is not very many 
