. The land of heather . Loch Lomond and Ben Lomond IX THE ISLE OF MULL. w HEN Ileft Dal-mally mydestination wasOban on the westcoast. The jour-ney was all the waythrough the tum-bled ridges of theHighlands, a partof the time highon the sides of thebare, rocky hills,and again crookingalong low down inthe deep valleys. Often these valleys were just nar-row defiles that left only room enough for the railwaytrack, a cart path, and a stream. The brooks andrivers were swift and foamy, and there were manyfishermen angling from their banks or wading about 172 A Cottager piling Peat The Isle 173
. The land of heather . Loch Lomond and Ben Lomond IX THE ISLE OF MULL. w HEN Ileft Dal-mally mydestination wasOban on the westcoast. The jour-ney was all the waythrough the tum-bled ridges of theHighlands, a partof the time highon the sides of thebare, rocky hills,and again crookingalong low down inthe deep valleys. Often these valleys were just nar-row defiles that left only room enough for the railwaytrack, a cart path, and a stream. The brooks andrivers were swift and foamy, and there were manyfishermen angling from their banks or wading about 172 A Cottager piling Peat The Isle 173 in their rapid waters. One odd remembrance of thetrip is of seeing three stalks of Indian corn growing in aflower-bed at the edge of the platform of a little way-side station. They were no doubt cultivated as semi-tropical curiosities, for the cHmate had not heat enoughto mature ears. Oban is a port of some importance, and carries onconsiderable traffic with the northwest coast and theoutlying islands. It was late in the evening when Iarrived, and though there were
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