Show IN THE HIGHLANDS BEAUTY OF THE REGIONS IN THE FAR NORTH OF SCOTLAND places to which the tourist seldom comes but which are rich in scenic beauty and his incidents it may be safely said that the vast majority of tourists regard aberdeen as the most town in scot land and seldom correct the error by loch alvie allemore aviemore Av Avi lemore emore visiting the nor norl herland therland highlands without an acquaintance with ith which no one can have a thorough knowl edge of the scenic beauties of the land of bromn bro ran an 1 bhagan mood land of the mountain and tile the hood flood ahls indifference with regard to some of the wildest and most esoup scenery in all scotland Is in all probability due to the fact that hal bal moral and the dee side associated is 8 they are with quen quein victoria haie hae absorbed more than theli due share of public Inter interest cst and have led to the popular brior en or that the natural natura beautes of the country do not exand north of ballater Bal later and braemar kracmar how utterly erroneous this opinion it la Is forcibly proved to all who it a week meek inhaling the refreshing winds of the keen mountain passes or re invigorating heart and brain in con tern tem plating loch and tarn mountain side or moor or in stepping Ble the senses in loveliness such as Is to be found in where the long light shafto airone airo nf alio fifie likes liken anti and hie wild cataract ickis it in laver has much beamut of situ atton and all tile the charms of historic associations king hince deuce may in died be but a shadow of shadows but the halo balo of romance will mill always iwer bolter over the brow of bonnie prince charlie chobe story has captured for all time the popular anti and with mith that story Iv einess Is IB indi Indis shohi bly connected of the natural beau ties or of the di perhaps the most attractive are those of tile the islands amongst anion which the watters of the loch make their escape an ant I 1 bioni whence one can enjoy the pungent scents of 0 the shore and the broad blo blown n of the sea profit from donoch a short jour nei lands the traveller at boia situ abed between bora and dornoch dornach is the residence of the duke of slither lind Duni dunrobin obin castle to which by bv the kindess of the duke duhe a visit may te paid this castle Is tile the oldest in habited ba lifted hoube ip the kingdom ano was founded shortly alter after the nor mill man countiess Conque Count iest fit of ingland Ing lind ind the laig er part of the present castle la Is mod ern having becia built in 1845 the v view few from the seawards lb Is vera ver fine and the gaikens lying be tween the castle and sea ate aie them selves well of a long journey the journe joi irne front from Doino cli to thur so for foi tile the most put is more int interest crest ing than beautiful the he railway run ning through nills miles of bleak and boggy moo moot ilind find where only grouse arid and deer can eastly easily find a living between Ile tween brora and while the line skirts shirts along the coast there la Is no lack of fine fc enery the sea dabbing over the rocks almost up to the rail vay may when the tide is high and somo some nilles miles of splendid golfing ground may be seen near loth from thur thurso L 0 coaches run nin east cast all and west to and tongue all and private callages can cari lages eni be hid bid for the tha drive chive to john 0 groats passengers Pass engere for the orkney islands sail from the barboan of about a mile and a halt half fi aiom on thurso station there Is tk ft dally daily service of excellent steam t 0 f AI A J the upper loch ers era on this route and though the pati paa gage cross the pentland airth is imos a little disconcerting tour hta who are tood sailors will never t egret cegret labing a visit to orkney ne lie cind the clarbour of scrabster ster the lo 10 loail runs to 11 holborn olborn head and a walk malk of a mile amid the finest rock scenery in the kingdom enables one to view the great clett rock stand ing out in ill the sea about eighty flom the shore |