Scottish notes and queries . t out from Aviemore at 6 Thenearest road to Elgin being by Forres, had noopportunity of seeing that part of Strathspeybordering the river, which . is by far the finestpart of the district. Reached Bridge of Carr onthe Dujnau at 8 lv breakfasted set off before j10, and the new Cottage Inn at Aid- |clach at .1 18 miles. I tore 1 must remark, jthat throughout our varied tour 1 have seen noSuch miserable, wretched, barren, hideous dis- jtrict of country. No hills nor mountains, novalleys, glens, streams, villages nor -onecontinued trackless, dreary,
Scottish notes and queries . t out from Aviemore at 6 Thenearest road to Elgin being by Forres, had noopportunity of seeing that part of Strathspeybordering the river, which . is by far the finestpart of the district. Reached Bridge of Carr onthe Dujnau at 8 lv breakfasted set off before j10, and the new Cottage Inn at Aid- |clach at .1 18 miles. I tore 1 must remark, jthat throughout our varied tour 1 have seen noSuch miserable, wretched, barren, hideous dis- jtrict of country. No hills nor mountains, novalleys, glens, streams, villages nor -onecontinued trackless, dreary, depopulated waste,w ithout one single interesting object on whichthe eye might repose for one moment. Set oilat About 2 miles onward reached the |Findhorn. Country gradually improving. The jriver banks covered with natural wood. PassedRelugas, a beautiful seal, in the cottage style, ona tine .green knoll, overlooking the bed of the !river ; also Logic, the situation lower, and toomuch embosomed in wood. Reached Forres. at 5-3°- Alter a council it was decidedceed to Elgin. Set off from Forres at 7 - othe half-way tolbbar at , and Elgin adistance from Aviemore, 48 miles. 2jth and 26th. Not choosing to walk on Stday, remained at Klein till Monday, and wa Camel on a Sculptured Stone at ; Cam el in/hik West Hiin-i lands.—The camel is perhaps one oi the most unlikelyanimals to find its way into the popular tradi-tions of the West Highlands, yet it is met within one or two instances. The Chapel ot St Do-nans, now a ruin, in the Island of Eigg, wasI miraculously built, and current superstition re-ached 1 Ports that camels were employed in bringing, to]j .... j their present site, the stones used in its con-? In the neiehbourins island of Canna nut to Urquhart, joined the ! a cit. The u Scthat there with a finely carved)turetl Stones oi Scot-no ot her example on coacn at j our Scotch 1 rosses. That this creature was not, t 188 SCOTTISH
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