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Four miles from Letter Findlay, you cross Low Bridge; three miles farther you will cross the River Spean, over High Bridge. The Spean runs into Loch Lochy. The height of the bridge denotes the rapidity of the stream in rainy seasons, or melting of snow. The road that turns to Badenoch, just before you cross the Spean, is no carriage road, but leads to Glen Roy, and Loch Spey (the source of the Spey River) and joins the Corryarraick road near the bridge over the Spey, not far from Garvimore inn.

About three or four miles before you get to Fort William, look before you to the left of Maryborough, distant from that town about a mile; and you will see Ben Nivis, with its craggy sides spotted with snow; also its white top, if not hid by the clouds, which is generally the case.

As I meant to go south, by passing over Corryarraick, I returned to Fort Augustus.

From Fort Augustus to Dalwhinie, 32 miles.

To the top of Corryarraick, better than 9 miles of the 32.

Hire a pair of horses at the inn at Fort Augustus (if you can), and put them before your own,