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238 LOCH ETIVE AND THE SONS OF UISNACH.
of the fancy. Wells are valuable there ; they are of little
consequence here.
It is a steep road up this hill, and even these youngsters
must creep.
Margaet. — But, oh ! how glorious on the top. Lismore is
below, Loch Linnhe all in our view, and Kerrera is near ;
even Mull comes close, and these distant islands are scarcely
far away in this fair weather; I mean Colonsay and Oronsay.
Loudoiui. — The view is grand ; but it will not allow us to
look at it long. It is cold up here ; at first we walk about
thinking that we should like to live on such an Olympus
always ; whilst in ten minutes we lose the warmth got by
climbing, or we become hungry. Sometimes the mist comes
and we lose our way, and if we go straight down there we
shall come to the precipice. Indeed it is a hill of abundant
danger, and we must keep to the road by the well.
Cameron. — I hope you will all stay a little; we cannot often
see so far, and this is like a map of the world. Our vision is
multiplied by ten, and our spirits rise in proportion. The
passage down is pleasant and not too far to weary us ; there
we have some interesting things to see that were passed
over when we went along the moss looking at the cairn and
the lake dwelling.
CROMLECHS.
Lo2ido2ui. — Be it so. We have to go by the road, and as
it turns near the joining of the way to Achnaba, there is a
short walk to a very interesting spot. We pass down to the
stream, and cross it either at the little cottage on its steep
bank, or below where it is lower, and among some bushes and