rather glad
that you have got the next door, as the locality is highly
respectable. Tell Hen that I copied the Runic stone on the
Castle Hill, Edinburgh. It was brought from Denmark in the old
time. The inscription is imperfect, but I can read enough of
it to see that it was erected by a man to his father and
mother. I again write the direction for your next: George
Borrow, Esq., Post Office, Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland.
God bless you and Hen. Ever yours,

GEORGE BORROW.

To Mrs. George Borrow, 39 Camperdown Terrace, Gt. Yarmouth

FORT AUGUSTUS, _Sunday, October 17th, 1858._

DEAR CARRETA,--I write a line lest you should be uneasy. Before
leaving the Highlands I thought I would see a little more about
me. So last week I set on a four days' task, a walk of a
hundred miles. I returned here late last Thursday night. I
walked that day forty-five miles; during the first twenty the
rain poured in torrents and the wind blew in my face. The last
seventeen miles were in the dark. To-morrow I proceed towards
Mull. I hope that you got my letters, and that I shall find
something from you awaiting me at the post office. The first
day I passed over Corryarrick, a mountain 3000 feet high. I was
nearly up to my middle in snow. As soon as I had passed it I
was in Badenoch. The road on the farther side was horrible, and
I was obliged to wade several rivulets, one of which was very
boisterous and nearly threw me down.[195] I wandered through a
wonderful country, and picked up a great many strange legends
from the people I met, but they were very few, the country
being almost a desert, chiefly inhabited by deer. When amidst
the lower mountains I frequently heard them blaring in the
woods above me. The people at the inn here are by far the
nicest I have met; they are kind and honourable to a degree.
God bless you and Hen.

GEORGE BORROW.

To Mrs. George Borrow, 39 Camperdown Terrace, Yarmouth

(Fragment? undated.)

On Tuesday I am going through the whole of it to Icolmkill--I
should start to-morrow--but I must get my shoes new soles, for
they have been torn to pieces by the roads, and likewise some
of my things mended, for they are in a sad condition.

I shall return from Thurso to Invern