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BEAUTIES OF SCOTLAND.
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Should you go into Glen Coe, observe the hills and fine waterfalls at the head of the glen, which is the nearest part of it to King's House.

From Tyndrum to Dalmally, 12 miles. I got thither from King's House in one day; but it was too dusk when I arrived in Glen Orchy; for the views around Dalmally are well worth seeing, with good light; therefore set out very early from King's House, and lose no time by the way. It would be a pity to miss the glen from Tyndrum to Dalmally, particularly the end of it, where you will first get a sight of the Paradise of that part of Glen Orchy, around Dalmally, having Loch Awe and Cruchan Ben in the back ground.

Dalmally inn is a tolerable one; I would therefore advise you, if you have never been at Bunawe, nor Oban, to go thither from Dalmally; I did not, which I am extremely sorry for, and therefore lost the sight of the cascade of Loch Etive.

I was told, after I had left that quarter, by gentlemen who had been at the Island of Staffa, that the road was very good to Bunawe and Oban.

From Dalmally to Bunawe, 13 miles.

From Bunawe to Oban, I believe, 12 miles.

I cannot say what accommodations may be had