Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . ack mail. The path on the northernside of Loch Katrine terminates here. From Stronachlachar Hotel at the west end of the lake, awild valley, traversed now by a good roadway about five mileslong, affords a communication with Loch Lomond, upon whichit opens at Inversnaid, where the steamboat, which every dayplies along Loch Lomond, takes in the Loch Katrine tourists.* * A flock of shaggy Highland ponies, an omnibus, and a few cars and droskiesare in attendance, to convey travellers across tliis moorland region, and a pony cartto carry their luggage. The
Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . ack mail. The path on the northernside of Loch Katrine terminates here. From Stronachlachar Hotel at the west end of the lake, awild valley, traversed now by a good roadway about five mileslong, affords a communication with Loch Lomond, upon whichit opens at Inversnaid, where the steamboat, which every dayplies along Loch Lomond, takes in the Loch Katrine tourists.* * A flock of shaggy Highland ponies, an omnibus, and a few cars and droskiesare in attendance, to convey travellers across tliis moorland region, and a pony cartto carry their luggage. The extortion and inci\ility to which tourists have been sub- INVEKSNAID. 233 The small lake Arklet lies in the hollow, and in one of thesmoky huts in the neighbourhood there used to be seen a longSpanish musket, six feet and a half in length, once the propertyof Rob Roy, whose original residence was in this rugged partof the country. Near at hand is the hut where it is said HelenMacGregor, Rob Roys wife, first saw the light. A little to the. north are the ruins of Inversnaid Fort, erected by Governmeutin 1713, to check the MacGregors, and where General Wolf jected, at this stage of tlieir progress, are a reproach to Scotland. A recent sufferertlms addresses the editor of a Glasgow paper on the subject -.— On l)cin< landed at the hill of Inversnaid, we as usual took our departure forLoch Katrin?, mounted on the Higldand which awaited us. 1 shall saynothing of tlie charge (four shillings each, which certainly appeared rather high tora ride of five miles on the back of such cattle; but I feel bound to mention the con-duct of the boatmen and others, who formed an escort to our party, ihey camepro\-ided with a small ponv cart, which canies the luggage across, and here theirextortion began. On reaching the margin of Loch Katrine, one gentleman, who tiartnot tlie precaution to make abargain with them, was charged eight shilhngs for thecarriage of a few articles ; another par
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