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    322 RAMBLES NORTHWARD ,

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    _, materials the most , remarkable position , or , resembling character . " " a Of sugar tliese -loaf mountains both , near Suil and are Veinn afar about off is , ' it its head hihebony black when storms

    cold rising rears and to the g loffcy littering clouds from in on sunshi the g n , far e , " extended a solitary ocean an - d like enor waste mous of beacon rocks , ,

    which surround it . " Of these mountains we obtained numerous and varied views as we

    proceeded culties we on were our journey told awaited , keeping us , still b to this the route coast in desp the ite shape the diffi of - y

    indifferent accommodation , bad roads , and difficulty of conveyance . The after long heavy droug rain ht s the we swelling were informed of the mountain was greatl streams y in our is ap favo t to r shut , as

    A oif communication lance at the by will rendering show how the the numerous coast from fords Ullapool impracticable to Gair- . map

    loch numerous g is vand rivers yked and , as streams it were find , b their y the large from sea the lochs mountain into which s , and way

    around the heads of which the road winds its tortuous way , up one side and down the other . Nothing finer is there to Loch be seen on and the

    with Ullapool shores which of from the we Mediterranean the were Assynt favored road . than , The especiall the still descen blue y on t waters such upon a of morning the Broom loch as , with that

    the white houses of Ullapool built upon a narrow promontory , lake reflected itself on their the air bosom clear the sparkling town , spring and ing buoyant " as it seemed not a out cloud of the in

    the sunshine wide expanse everywhere ; of , heaven above , , and not belo a ri , pp w , le the on serenity the boundless , of the heavens that ocean ;

    reflected almst held upon our the breath earth— as _^ -a it scene hurst so perfect our , view so bewitching _^ lest the , intrusion we

    what of mortals o looks should so fair dissi and pate so desirable it at once upon when . Alas afar , alas off , that should in this lose world its

    heart glory ! as A we prudent draw near man ! he How may are have we been fools who of " the gave , eye wise forth , the and that ear , life " the A - bird in the hand is worth two in the bush but a

    taught man is he , who , preaching from an ; Edinburgh pulpit on the in vanity the bush of man is ' s worth achievements two in the , reversed hand" the Ullapool adage thus the — snow " One -white bird

    ., streets neg fairy lected cit broug y fishing of ht our forth hamlet first the and , inhabitants the distant entrance , view young of , stran resolved and gers old itself int , idle o whose into and a busy quiet poor ,

    lo in at oked wondering last with , nothing disni amaz could ement at its exceed as weather we its hunted -stained unpromising ab walls out for and appearance the generall hotel , y ; and forlorn foun we d ay

    when aspect . she Then did make , too , the her landlady was flurried not forthcoming and flustered at afc first the , and unappearance ,

    g and usual ing though . apparition However the paper of she tr had avellers festooned rooms , the and from sig beds ht the was , walls and any where promised thing we but dined us encoura dinner , the , -

    _pinner was good ,- —prefaced with fresh herrings , the first of the sea-

    322 Rambles Northward ,

    322 RAMBLES NORTHWARD ,

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1860, page 322, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011860/page/34/