There are various roads which lead across the hills from Strathglass into Urquhart and Glen Moriston.

Kintail whose visits were not perfectly acceptable to the natives. "When the estates of the Earl of Seaforth were forfeited after the rebellion of 1715, and the foolish attempt at invasion which succeeded it in 1719, it was found quite impracticable for the government to collect any rents in Kintail. A Mr. Ross, the first gentleman sent to make the attempt, was attended by a select party of soldiers, whom the Kintail men—to save them the needless trouble of coming through Glen Affrick, on a bootless errand—met at Lochan Cloigh, in the heights of Strathglass, where an admonitory bullet, sent from an overhanging thicket, grazed the neck of the collector of his Majesty's exchequer. He, however, was a Highlander, though a Whig; and he gallantly advanced three or four more miles, when his son was fired at from another ambuscade, and mortally wounded. The soldiers became alarmed, and their leader capitulated, and retreated as wise as he came. Another attempt to enter Kintail next renttime, made by a more northerly route, was met in the same manner: the military leader was wounded and forced to return. Yet all this while the rents were duly collected among the devoted tenantry of Seaforth—the Macraws of Kintail; and, by some means or other, duly transmitted to France to the forfeited Earl, by a Donald Murchieson, the memory of whose military and business talents, and attachment to the chief, are still embalmed in the hearts of the elders among the Kintail tribes. The natives felt not a little pride, that, though worsted in the open fight of Glenshiel, they for years contrived, by means of their fastnesses, and the mountain passes into their country, to baffle the agents and troops of the government.

"We were informed that it is not yet easy to execute even a civil process on this west coast, if against a popular character. The minions of the law coming from Inverness or Dingwall, are as well known in the hills, and not much more beloved, than the gaugers. As soon as they are discovered descending the heights, their errand is guessed; and, though open deforcement is rarely ventured upon, the fiery cross is secretly speeded on to the individual in peril of the law, while the emissaries are detained at fords, ferries, and clachans, rivers, and arms of the sea. No boat tackle is ready—ponies are on the hill and cannot be caught, until the safety of the party is secured! when the beagles, after beating about for some days, may return from whence they came, and draw out their bill of costs for travelling to Loch Broom or Loch Carron."-Tait's Magazine.

FOURTEENTH TOUR.

INVERNESS—BANKS OF THE CALEDONIAN CANAL—GLEN URQUHART —GLEN MORISTON—FORT AUGUSTUS—FORT WILLIAM—GLENCOE— TYNDRUM.

*** A Chart of this Tour will be found on page 302.

The tourist may leave Inverness by a very delightful route, which leads along the banks of the Caledonian Canal. There are two roads along the opposite sides of Lochs Ness and Oich, but the north-west road is by far the more picturesque. Leaving Inverness by the old bridge, and leaving the peculiarly-shaped hill called Tomnaheurich, the tourist, at the distance of about a mile from the town, crosses the canal, and ascends the undulating face of Torvain. On this hill, in 1197, there was fought a desperate battle between Donald Bane of the Isles and a body of troops from the castle of Inverness. Passing the house of Dunain (W. Baillie, Esq.,) the tourist comes in sight of the beautiful little lakeDochfour. On its banks is Dochfour House, the seat of Evan Baillie, Esq., surrounded by fine parks and magnificent trees. A monumental pillar has lately been erected, near the house, to the memory of the late proprietor, Evan Baillie, Esq., who was at one time M.P. for Bristol, and died in his native glen at the advanced age of ninety-five. Nearly opposite, in a sequestered bay which forms the narrow eastern extremity of Loch Ness, is

Aldourie, the seat of W. F. Tytler, Esq,, where Sir James Mackintosh was horn, and in the immediate neighbourhood of which he spent several years of his childhood. For the first few miles along the shores of Loch Ness, the hills are bare and very steep. They are called Craig Derg, or the Red Rocks, from their reddish tint. The inhabitants of these braes were formerly noted for smuggling whiskey. About fifteen miles from Inverness, Glen Urquhart opens up from the lake. This glen, which has been pronounced the fairest, the richest, and the most splendid in its beauty among Scotland's glens, is about ten miles in length, and is luxuriantly wooded. At the mouth of the glen there is an excellent inn called Drumindrochet. In the centre of the vale there is a small hut very pretty lake, having the mansions of Lakefield, Lochletter, and Sheuglie, scattered around its borders. About two miles from the inn, a small burn falls over a lofty ledge of rock forming the falls of Divach. A small bay runs up from the loch for about two miles into the valley, receiving the united waters of the Coiltie and Enneric. On the western promontory of this bay are the ruins of the castle of Urquhart, rising finely over the dark waters of the loch, which, at this point, is 125 fathoms in depth. It appears to have been once a strong and extensive building. It was besieged and taken by the troops of Edward I. in 1303. In 1509, it fell, along with the barony of Urquhart, into the hands of the chief of the clan Grant, and it still continues in the possession of that family, who have a residence in it called Balmacaan. The road from Drumindrochet to Invermoriston —thirteen miles—is one of remarkable beauty. It is cut in the mountain side, plunging into hollows and climbing sharp acclivities, sometimes bordering the loch, but

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more frequently proceeding at a considerable elevation above its level, and winding through the most luxuriant woods of oak, birch, alder, and pine. It skirts the base of the high and naked mountain, Mealfburvonie, which separates the two glens of Urquhart and Moriston. Mealfourvonie rises almost perpendicularly from the lake to the height of 3060 feet. The opening of Glen Moriston is a very picturesque scene. In the foreground is the mansion of James Murray Grant, Esq., proprietor of the glen. The situation is very fine. On the opposite side of the river, and twenty-six miles from Inverness, is the inn of Invermoriston, a small but comfortable house. Immediately below it, the river Moriston falls over a considerable precipice, forming a very beautiful and picturesque waterfall. Glen Moriston is a serene and beautiful valley, watered by the Moriston, a wild, foaming, impetuous stream, which has its origin in Loch Cluny and the distant mountains of Glenshiel. From Invermoriston a road leads through the glen to Glenelg and the Isle of Skye. Proceeding along the side of Loch Ness, the tourist crosses the river Oich and reaches Fort Augustus, distant thirty-two miles from Inverness. This fort, which was built shortly after the rebellion of 1715, is situated at the west end of Loch Ness, on a high peninsula between the rivers Tarff and Oich, and commands a noble sweep of the lake and mountains. It forms a square, with four bastions at the corners, and the barracks are constructed for one field-officer, four captains, twelve subalterns, and 280 rank and file. A few soldiers are stationed in the fort, but the guns have been removed to FortGeorge, and the magazine is empty. Fort-Augustus is

It was in Glen Moriston that a young man was killed by the royal troops in 1746, under the mistake that he was Prince Charles.

useless as a place of defence, being completely commanded by the surrounding bills and eminences. There is a pleasant little village in the neighbourhood. From Loch Ness to Loch Oich, the next and smallest of the chain, is a distance of five miles. The old road leads along the south side of Loch Oich, but the tourist should follow the new one on the opposite side. The scenery on the banks of this loch is finer than at any other part of the Great Glen. Glen Garry, which opens upon Loch Oich, is a charming valley, abounding in the most fascinating scenery. "Less splendid than Glen Urquhart, less diversified than Glen Moriston, it has, in its beautiful Loch Garry, and its endless succession of birch-clad knolls and eminences, and, above all, in the magnificence of the mountain vista to the west, a character quite peculiar." In the birchwoods which adorn this romantic glen the trees have attained a size and luxuriance equal to the finest of the pines of Rothiemurchus, or the beeches of Athole. Near the mouth of the Garry, and close to the loch, are the ruins of the ancient castle of Invergarry, situated on a rock. It was burnt by the Duke of Cumberland after the rebellion of 1745. In the immediate neighbourhood of the castle is Invergarry House, lately the residence of the chief of the Macdonells, who, in 1839, sold his estate of Glenquoich to Edward Ellice, Esq., and emigrated, along with a considerable part of his clan, to Australia. Invergarry inn, one of the best in the Highlands, which stands a little way up the glen, is about seven and a half miles from Fort Augustus, and about the same distance from Letterfinlay inn on the banks of Loch Lochy. A little way from Invergarry Castle is a small monument erected by the late Colonel Macdonell of Glengarry over the "well of seven heads," commemorating the summary