Sept. 10. (Sunday).  Arrived at Lerwick in the Shetland Islands at 2
   a.m.

   Sept. 11.  Visited Bressay Island and the Holm of Noss—­Returned to
   St. Magnus at night.

   Sept. 12.  Landed again at Kirkwall—­Explored Cathedral—­Walked across
   the Mainland of the Orkneys to Stromness, visiting the underground
   house at Maeshowe and the Standing Stones at Stenness on our way.

   Sept. 13.  Visited the Quarries where Hugh Miller made his wonderful
   geological researches—­Explored coast scenery, including the Black
   Craig.

Sept. 14.  Crossed the Pentland Firth in a sloop—­Unfavourable wind prevented us sailing past the Old Man of Hoy, so went by way of Lang Hope and Scrabster Roads, passing Dunnet Head on our way to Thurso, where we landed and stopped for the night.

   Sept. 15.  Travelled six miles by the Wick coach and walked the
   remaining fifteen miles to John o’ Groat’s—­Lodged at the “Huna Inn.”

   Sept. 16.  Gathered some wonderful shells on the beach and explored
   coast scenery at Duncansbay.

   Sept. 17. (Sunday).  Visited a distant kirk with the landlord and
   his wife and listened to a wonderful sermon.

OUR ROUTE FROM JOHN O’ GROAT’S TO LAND’S END

¶ Indicates the day’s journey. ¶¶ Indicates where Sunday was spent.

   First week’s journey—­Sept. 18 to 24.

“Huna Inn”—­Canisbay—­Bucholie Castle—­Keiss—­Girnigoe—­Sinclair—­Noss Head—­Wick—­or ¶ Wick Harbour—­Mid Clyth—­Lybster—­Dunbeath ¶ Berriedale—­Braemore—­Maidens Paps Mountain—­Lord Galloway’s Hunting-box—­Ord of Caithness—­Helmsdale ¶ Loth—­Brora—­Dunrobin Castle—­Golspie ¶ The Mound—­Loch Buidhee—­Bonar Bridge—­Dornoch Firth—­Half-way House [Aultnamain Inn] ¶ Novar—­Cromarty Firth—­Dingwall—­Muir of Ord—­Beauly—­Bogroy Inn—­Inverness ¶¶ pp. 41-76

   Second week’s journey—­Sept. 25 to Oct. 1.

Tomnahurich—­Loch Ness—­Caledonian Canal—­Drumnadrochit ¶ Urquhart Castle—­Invermoriston—­Glenmoriston—­Fort Augustus—­Invergarry ¶ Glengarry—­Well of the Heads—­Loggan Bridge—­Loch Lochy—­Spean Bridge—­Fort William ¶ Inverlochy Castle—­Ben Nevis—­Fort William ¶ Loch Linnhe—­Loch Leven—­Devil’s Stair—­Pass of Glencoe—­Clachaig Inn ¶ Glencoe Village—­Ballachulish—­Kingshouse—­Inveroran—­Loch Tulla—­Bridge of Orchy—­Glen Orchy ¶ Dalmally ¶¶ pp. 77-111

   Third week’s journey—­Oct. 2 to Oct. 8.

   Loch Awe—­Cruachan Mountain—­Glen Aray—­Inverary
   Castle—­Inverary—­Loch Fyne—­Cairndow Inn ¶ Glen Kinglas—­Loch
   Restil—­Rest and be Thankful—­Glen Croe—­Ben Arthur—­Loch
   Long—­Arrochar—­Tarbet—­Loch Lomond—­Luss—­Helensburgh ¶ The
   Clyde—­Dumbarton—­Rent
on—­Alexandria—­Balloch—­Kilmaronock—­Drymen ¶
   Buchlyvie—­Kippen—­Gargunnock—­Windings of the Forth—­Stirling ¶
   Wallace Monument—­Cambuskenneth—­St.
   Ninians—­Bannockburn—­Carron—­Falkirk ¶
   Laurieston—­Polmont—­Linlithgow—­Edinburgh ¶¶ pp. 112-157