the rescue of the sufferers is given with a powerful dramatic effect, but we cannot afford space for the quotation. The courageous adventurers who manned the bout for this dangerous enterprise, after being carried over a cataract, which overwhelmed their boat, caught hold of a floating hay-cock, to which they clung till it stuck among some young alder trees. Each of them then grasping a bough, they supported themselves for two hours among the weak and brittle branches. They afterwards recovered the boat under circumstances almost miraculous, and finally succeeded in rescuing Sandy and his family from their perilous situation. After crossing the Findhorn, the road passes Corybrough House (Smith, Esq.) and a short way beyond reaches the inn of FREEBURN, about nine miles from Bridge of Carr. Near it are the house and plantations of Tomatin (Duncan Macbean, Esq.) The small estate of Free is the property of John Mackintosh, Esq. of Holm. All the rest of the adjoining lands, on the north side of the Findhorn, belong to the Mackintosh estate. Three miles and a half beyond this, on the right, is the castle of Moy, the ancient residence of Mackintosh, the chief of the clan Chattan, a confederation of the clans of Mackintosh, Macpherson, and others of less consequence. It stands on an island in the midst of a small gloomy lake, called Loch Moy, surrounded by a black wood of Scotch fir, which extends round the lake, and terminates in wild heaths, which are unbroken by any other object as far as the eye can reach. Near the southern end of the lake is a small artificial islet of loose stones, which the former chiefs of Moy used as a place of confinement for their prisoners. On the largest island, a handsome granite obelisk, seventy feet high, has been erected to the memory of the late Sir Æneas Mackintosh, Bart, chief of the clan. On the west side of Loch Moy are the church and manse of Moy, and at the head of the lake, Moy Hall, the family residence of Mackintosh of Mackintosh. Here is preserved the sword of Viscount Dundee, and a sword sent by Pope Leo X. to James V., who bestowed it on the chief of clan Chattan, with the privilege of holding the king's sword at coronations. Leaving Loch Moy, the road enters Strathnairn, and passes for three miles through a bleak and heathery plain till it crosses the river Nairn, called in Gaelic Kis-Nerane, or the Water of Alders. The road now passes, on the right, Daviot House, the residence of Æneas Mackintosh, Esq. Here stood the ancient castle of Daviot, founded, it is said, by David Earl of Crawford, who, by his marriage with Catherine, daughter of Robert II., acquired possession of the barony of Strathnairn. Passing Leys Castle, the seat of Miss Baillie of Leys, and various other mansions, the tourist, at the distance of six miles, enters the royal burgh of INVERNESS, situated on both sides of the river Ness, at the spot where the basins of the Moray and Beauly Friths and the Great Glen of Scotland meet one another. Inverness is a thriving town, though from its rich natural advantages, capable of much greater improvement as a seat of trade and commerce. It is generally considered the capital of the Highlands, and contains a number of well built streets and elegant houses. The public buildings are spacious, and some of them elegant. A fine stone bridge of seven arches was erected over the Ness in 1685, between the second and third arches of which there is a vault, for |