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not quit Rannoch by the road I entered it, except the length of the lake; for at the east end of it I left the shivering rocks on the north side of the Tumel, and took the road to the south of that river; and arrived at Cross Mount, at the base of Schiehallion, where I ascended a very steep hill, and turned my face towards the south, still winding at the foot of Schiehallion; rising high on the right, above the clouds.

It was on a shoulder of this mountain that Doctor Maskelyne, a few years since, erected a temporary habitation for his observations. All the country gentlemen thought it their duty to pay the philosopher every civility in their power, particularly by frequent visits; which, probably, the doctor would gladly have excused, as he must