. Eight journeys abroad. a castle on top of the hilloverlooking the river, but it proved to be a Court House andjail, and we got into conversation with the old keeper who wassitting out in front. Father talked with him about the connec-tion of Scotland and England, and there was an old man sittingnext to him who kept whispering to the jailer to tell father thatScotland was an unconquered country, that they had neverbeen conquered. At Inverness we took the Caledonian Canal to this place, travelling in a small steamboat. We passed through several beautiful lakes, Loch Ness, Loch Oich, and Loch L
. Eight journeys abroad. a castle on top of the hilloverlooking the river, but it proved to be a Court House andjail, and we got into conversation with the old keeper who wassitting out in front. Father talked with him about the connec-tion of Scotland and England, and there was an old man sittingnext to him who kept whispering to the jailer to tell father thatScotland was an unconquered country, that they had neverbeen conquered. At Inverness we took the Caledonian Canal to this place, travelling in a small steamboat. We passed through several beautiful lakes, Loch Ness, Loch Oich, and Loch Lochy, as- 124 SCOTLAND cending and descending from each by means of locks, dur-ing which operation we got out and took several scenery is certainly very beautiful, and the mountainsare even grand, though the highest, Ben Nevis, is not 4500ft. in height, but they are mostly destitute of vegetationand indented by deep fissures which give them a very wild andrugged appearance. We made only one excursion during the. THE CALEDONIAN CANAL, THE WATER JOURNEY ACROSS SCOTLAND day (and for that the boat waited for us) to see the Falls of Foyers, which are very celebrated. The guide book tells us they consist of two cataracts, but it has been very dry here for a long time and consequently we saw only one, a very small affair. I can imagine though that it might be very pretty, when there is a full volume of water, which by the way is of the same peculiar amber color as that of the Falls of Montmorency. 125 EIGHT JOURNEYS ABROAD Banavie, Scotland, August 8th. 1870. We are in a charming hotel here, commanding a fine viewof Ben Nevis and the Braes of Lochaber. Charley Greeleymade the ascent of the mountain yesterday morning. Theysay it is a very dangerous mountain, there are so many preci-pices. Charley came very near going over one he came uponunawares, but the guide called to him and he fell back immedi-ately and saved himself. Some man went up from Fort Will-iam the night before
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