A Tour in Sutherlandshire (Volume 1)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3CHAPTER II. Inn at Inchnadamph ? Liberal System of the Duke of Sutherland ? Facility of Travelling ? Beauty of Country ? Loch Assynt?Nest of Osprey ? Large Spring of Water?Water- Ousel ? Dense Mist ? Wild Country near Kylesku ? Country between Kylesku and Scowrie ? Nest of Osprey; curious position of ? Eagle. Being under a good and liberal landlord is like being under a good and liberal government; and this we found to be the case at Inchnadamph, which is held under the Duke of Sutherland, or (as he is equally well known here) the good Duke a title, by the way, his Grace may be prouder of than any other that could be invented. Throughout the Duke's property here the innkeepers hold their houses (and capital ones they are) rent free, and have certain other advantages in hiring their land, and in having every encouragement that the most kind and judicious liberality of the proprietor can give them, on (I believe) the express condition that their inns should be decently kept, and the charges moderate. The consequence of which arrangement is, that strangers can travel through this otherwise wild and lonely country with every facility and comfort, CH. II. INCHNADAMPH LOCH ASSYNT. 19 and without the disagreeable feeling of being doubly overcharged because they textit{are strangers. Nevertheless, with all this facility and comfort, but very few strangers textit{do come to'see this magnificent scenery, simply, I fancy, because it is little known, and not yet the fashion. Most visitors to the Highlands drive straight from their home in England, or elsewhere, to the ground which they have hired for grouse-shooting, or other sporting, and after a certain number of weeks drive straight back again. Very few travel here for the sake of seeing the wild scenery of the north and north-west part of the islan...