The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-19

OF these coaches, loaded with a motley
thing short of a dissertation Of a scene
so awful and solemn. One experienced
81 tourist volunteered the remark that
"all this section Of Scotland required to
make perfect landscape vas an Ital-
ian sky. In my opinion, an Italian
sky would have the same effect on the
Grampians as ''the gay beams of light
some day" according to Sir Walter
Scott, had on Melrose Abbey. they
'glld but to tiout the ruins gray, and
the mountains with the heavy, dark
clouds Overhanging their still heavier
and darker SUBMITS would, | tear. lose
much of their impressivencss with such
a background as our friends deem nee
essary. All remarks are abruptly end
ed, however, by loud blast from our
postboy, which informs the inhabitants
OF StronaChlachero tthe approach of the
/ tourists. Our driver pulls up in front
of the hotel with grand flourish, which
by the way, seems to be as impressive
to the youngsters who are daily ION
deck" at the arrival of the coaches, as
1t was the first morning they witnessed
the modern Jehu handle those now
FESTIVE horses, and each and every one
of them mentally re-registers a vow
that, when he reaches mans estate, he
wishes for himself no better and hap
pier occupation than to hold the RIB
bOns 'On one of the Inversnaid coaches
The hotel at StrOnachlaCher is very
pleasantly located on the shores of
Loeb katrine, and commands view of
the entire lake which stretches out be-
fore us for miles, lying in the hollow
of circuit OF hills. This is a scene
matchless in its variety of beauty and
grandeur. The placed waters and
wooded shores of the lake, with the
lofty SUBMITS Of Ben Venue and Ben
An enclosing IN a tittingly rugged set
ting this sparkling gem. We steam
down the entire length of Loeb katrine
past Ellen's Isle and the Silver strand"
both of which figures in SCOTS poem
THE Lady of the Lake" the scene of
which is laid in this vicinity. Leaving
the boat at the end of the loch. we
again take our seats in the coach which
Is to convey us to Gallander, stopping
for lunch at the Trossachs Hotel. 4
better site for a summer hotel than that
on which the Trossachs is built would
indeed be hard to find. We cannot,
however, take the space to attempt any
description of the location, but Will
merely mention the name Of the spot
on which it is build. 1t Is called, in
Gaelic, (Reckless reader. pause. Unless
you are "Mac," be weary of any rash
precipitation in the pronunciation of
this namG-it has been attended with
serious reSults) Ardcheanochrochan,
which signifies ''the high end of a
rock" We have now a complete
change of scenery. The coach dashes
under the waving bOughs Of trees,
which threaten to displace the hats Of
the passengers; now down steep de-
Cllvity, now over q mountain torrent
dashlng on its way to Loeb Achray;
now up an abrupt incline, the horses
painting as they steadily pull the heavy
load to the top, but ready for another
run down the opposite side; now we
are whirled past company of mud
stained cyclists who gaze I'VE think
longingly after our easier and more
comfortable mode of locomotion; now
past picnic party, inst catchin. a
glimpse of the white tabe-cloth, (minus
the table, and the merry faces sur
roundingit it; now skirting the waters of
Loeb Achray, and past. the Brig .
Turk"