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76 in the dark, or even dusk. For eight of the fourteen miles you will keep nearly to the Spey side; then that lovely river quits the road, to make its way through those tremendous crags, from whose black sides you saw it issue, before you crossed it at Spey Bridge, in your way to Pitmain.

As you advance, after quitting Garvimore, observe the sides of the hills till some way after you quit Spey side; and should the sun shine, you will see them glitter amazingly. Observe also the stones with which the fence walls are made, and you will see a very great mixture of ore in them.

From Dalnacardoch to the entrance into Rannoch, about 10 miles. After five of the ten, of very hilly zig-zag road, you will come to the small town of Trinefour; and just beyond the milestone on the top of the hill from Trinefour, look to the right for a track, that appears something like a road, over a wild heath, which will by a sad rough uneven way, bring you to a zig-zag road, in sight to the west two or three miles off; and that road will carry you to Rannoch; at the entrance of which you will see the high hill Schiehallion. If you pursue the road towards Tumel Bridge, to the bottom of the hill near the inn, and then turn towards Rannoch, where the direction-post stands,