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Rh madam." This continued till the house was in a perfect uproar: my servants could not get a place to put their heads in. My man took his sleep in the carriage; and the poor horses were almost crushed to death in the stables. About eleven o'clock at night, in this dreadful storm, two chaises had found their way to the door; the horses were knocked up, starved with hunger, and half drowned. The ladies and gentlemen in the carriages had been misinformed; they had come from Loch Earn Head, and concluded they should find entertainment and rest for themselves and horses at one of the huts or inns, as they are called, on the Moor, at the base of Benmore; but when they came there, to their sorrow, they could get nothing for themselves or horses, and were obliged to creep on to Tyndrum, which made them so late. At first, they were told at Tyndrum, that neither they nor their horses could have the least room; but as the beasts could not stir a step further, and the night was so dark, the drovers crowded together, and gave up a very small bed room. When I learnt the situation of these travellers, I sent the landlady to inform the ladies they should be welcome to one of the beds in my room; but they had settled the