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Rh castle, to which I am sorry I did not go. Indeed, all that district in Strathmore, from Coupar in Angus, as far as I could see towards Glammis, appeared to be rich in wood, and watered by numerous fine rivers. We quitted the charming fall of Isla with much reluctance, to change our wet clothes, and to take the very acceptable repast provided for us by our kind friend at Mieklour, which we eat in the chaise;—nought to be seen or heard except the thundering noise of the Lin, and the wide waste around us of barren russet mountains, with many boggy glens between them; and two solitary huts made of turf; which altogether rendered the scene uncommonly wild. But that could not allay our appetites: which, when we had satisfied, we returned by a road less dangerous but equally rough; happy to re-enter the hospitable walls of Mieklour house, after a long and fatiguing dripping day.