Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-12-31

Correspondence Of the Portiand .4irert,ser.
THINGS IN SCOTLAND.
M XIX
ToBERMoREY, (Island of Mull.)t
June 30. 1885.

June 30, 1885.
] am getting mp Gar north, You see
for this island of Null is one of the lie
brides or western islands; and 1iihe Glas
I glow steamer which promises to visit Ice
land and return in twelve days, were I,
come along, am sure should 90 with
her, for il don't matter To me at all where
go-as every thing ls interesting. My
companions now do the studying of ge-
ography, and plan the routes,-and all
have TO do is to go along with them
The darkness hardly shadows the earth
here. should hke to see how il would
seem in Iceland.
Go back with me, and will trace my
route. To Loeb Fine, another inlet OF
the ocean, we bade adieu at early morn
lng-& by breakfast time, we were at In
verary, seven miles off, overa road ex-
ceedingly circuitous, for after four miles
walk ,on curve in the loch, I'VE were near
en- to the town than when we had walked
a mile further. Now we were in the re-
gion Of the Campbells, as thick as Smiths
with you. Call any man Campbell here,
and you will be very likely to hit his
name. Sir Archibald Campbell, and
Sir Colin Campbell, the Governors Of
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, came,
| believe, from this region. We passed
the castle, or the palace rather, Of the
Duke Of Argyle "a Campbell )-and
when tell you that the Duke Of the
family here spent million and a half of
dollars in building, planting, improving,
making roads, sc. about the castle, you
often made upon nobleman's estate.
The very domain is upwards Of thirty
miles in circumference. The lands were
conferred upon one of the ancestors of
the family for military services. The
scenery about this castle is often spoken
Of with rap,ures-but / did not have the
l good fortune to meet with any Of it that
was so very raptufous. However, did
not have even an opportunity to see what
is to be seen,-for the mansion was clos
ed to strangers, as the wife of the Duke
Of Argyle, who had lately died, was to
be brought here, To be laid out in state
The great attraction about lnveralv
Judging from conversation, is the herring
fishery. From 10, 900 to 10000 barrels
OF behring's are annually taken there.
Here, for variety's sake, we contrac-
ted with post carriage TO take us to
Loeb Awe, some eight or ten miles off.
This post-chaise travelling to be found
all over England and Scotland, is one oc.
the greatest convenienres in the world
On every post road, and on many other
roads, these vehicles are to be found. -
They cos, you an English shilling, (25
cents as near as may be, for convenient
reckoning) a mile, and six cents more a
mile are To be given TO the post boy who
drives you-ior in British reckoning, a !
post boy and all other waters are not in
cluded in the regular bill. "You can
give them mhm you please'' you are told
but if you don't G i've the post boy his
three pence mile, and the walters eIgh-
teen pence wherever you stop at night,
and the coachman shilling for about
every thirty or forty miles, and the guard
full half that sum, with sixpence for
the porter too, then such a hubbub will
be raised, that to escape from it, you
will be quite willing TO empty all your
pockets upon them. But, as they charge
no more mile in these post vehicles to
carry four passengers than to carry one,
the snoothness Of the roads making he
of four nearly MS easy as
that of one, a party sharing the expense
travels about as economically as if they
were in coach paying singly. English
therefore, almost always travel
thus. IL they have carriages they take
a carriage with them, ,--nnd thus in their
own carriage, if they choose, they can
be rolled at the rate Of hundred miles
a day, almost from one end of the island
to the other, horses being always ready,
but little delay occurring-one post boy
driving eight or ten miles, and then a
mother coming with fresh horses. Almost
all the public houses undertake posting
as well as entertainment-and thus
party that seek to be alone can be graft
fed, and can stop any where, or go any
where they choose. This is u luxury in
which we cannot reach TOR
many years. Mark our travelling dur
ing this day, and see the variety we had,
without waiting a moment for any one.
Arrived at Loeb Awe, we took boat
to 90 up the loch, and the river Awe, a
bout five miles. This Loeb Awe is said
to be one of the most magnificent Of the
fresh water lakes. II is indeed very
lone, and the mouniains piled high n
bout i,s sides give j, y Wild, as well os a
look The towering Ben
Ruachsu, another OF the family Of the
mighty Bens, was on our trout. Far
down the loch were visible rcmans OF u