half-concealed  by  the  birch  trees,  appear  the  white  walls
and  pinnacles  of  a  handsome  Roman  Catholic  Chapel
built  by  Lord  Lovat,  where  may  be  seen  the  tombs  of
the  Chevaliers  d' Albany,  the  '  Sobieski-Stuarts.'  Four
miles  on,  is  Erchless  Castle,  a  stately  old  tower  modern-
ized, the  seat  of  '  The  Chisholm.'  At  Eskadale  there  is
a  ferry  across  the  river,  of  which  the  pedestrian  visitor
to  the  Falls  and  the  Drhuim  might  avail  himself  to  vary
the  homeward  route  to  Beauly — returning  by  a  road
which  runs  along  the  south  side  of  the  river.  About
a  mile  beyond  Erchless  are  Struy  Bridge  and  Inn.  The
drive  from  Beauly  to  Struy  Bridge,  up  the  one  side  of
the  stream  and  down  the  other,  may  be  easily  managed
between  an  up-train  in  the  morning  and  a  down-train  in
the  afternoon.  More  picturesque  scenery  than  that
along  the  course  of  the  Beauly  is  rarely  to  be  met  with
in  the  Highlands.  Time  permitting,  the  ruins  of  the
ancient  Cistercian  Priory  of  Beauly,  founded  a.d.  1230,
by  John  Bisset,  of  Lovat,  might  be  inspected.
"  On  the  course  of  the  Glass  (the  continuation  upwards
of  the  Beauly),  and  between  Fasnakyle  Bridge  (ten  miles
above  Struy)  and  Loch  Benneveian  (five  miles  farther
on)  is  '  The  Chisholm's  Pass,'  the  scenery  of  which  is
somewhat  similar  to  the  celebrated  birken  bowers  of
Killiecrankie  and  the  Trossachs,  but  on  a  much  ampler
and  grander  scale.  In  ascending  the  shelving  opening
(by  the  road  on  the  north  side  of  the  stream),  a  pro-
longed vista,  in  one  general  mantle  of  foliage,  rising
high  on  either  side,  forms  a  woodland  picture  of  incom-


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