. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . rtiiming stream which we now cross and recrossin its stony bed, shows us that we are beginning to descend ; and the pacequickens through the dreary wilderness until we reach the Spey, already afine river swiftly llowing from the west ; and fair woods and pasture landare once more seen. Kingussie (of which the u, be it observed, is long) isthe first considerable village reached; the line soon skirts a pretty littlelake (Loch Insh), and beyond the woods on our right hand the highestmountains of the Grampian range appear ; not frowningly, as seen f
. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . rtiiming stream which we now cross and recrossin its stony bed, shows us that we are beginning to descend ; and the pacequickens through the dreary wilderness until we reach the Spey, already afine river swiftly llowing from the west ; and fair woods and pasture landare once more seen. Kingussie (of which the u, be it observed, is long) isthe first considerable village reached; the line soon skirts a pretty littlelake (Loch Insh), and beyond the woods on our right hand the highestmountains of the Grampian range appear ; not frowningly, as seen fromGlen Tilt, but with considerable beauty of outline, enhanced by the fore-ground of forest. Rothicmurchus, on Spey-sitle, is a most attractive resting-place, as we can testify, iinni the memory i)f bright sunnncr il,i\s spent inroaming through the forests, or eliin!)ing the neighboiu-iiig heights, orpl(;asant converse with friends in a certain sh(K)ling-lodgc not iar from themighty slopes and ravines of Cairngorm. lor we are now in the haunts. rothiemurchus forest in the middleDistance. I. 2 SPORT: LOCH RUICHT: ELGIN. 149 of the wild deer ; and the sport which to its votaries not unnaturally seemsthe noblest and most inspiritincf, as well as the most healthful form ofrecreation, engrosses the thoughts of all. It is indeed difficult not to sharethe enthusiasm of the deerstalker, when some noble quarry—the prize of skill,patience, and hardy endurance—is brought home in triumph from the , too, though making a far inferior claim upon the physicalpowers, has its ardent votaries ; and a glance down the pages of the Sporls-nians Guide to the Rivers, Lochs, Moors, and Deer Forests 0/ Scotland, pul^lishedmonthly in the summer, will show by the rents attached to the several shootings, how highly the opportunity of sport is rated. Still the sportis but secondary, and the main gift of these wild moors and mountain airsis equally for those who have never held a gu
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