Leaves From the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, From 1848 to 1861
Hyphenation has been standardised.
Footnotes were moved to the ends of the text they pertain to and numbered in one continuous sequence.
The words ‘gillie’ and ‘ghillie’ have been left unchanged. Both spellings appear to be acceptable.
BALMORAL.
From a Photograph by Whitlock, Birmingham.
TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED AND ADDED EXTRACTS FROM THE SAME JOURNAL GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF EARLIER VISITS TO SCOTLAND, AND TOURS IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND, AND YACHTING EXCURSIONS.
EDITED BY ARTHUR HELPS.
LONDON: SMITH, ELDER AND CO. 1868.
THE DEAR MEMORY OF HIM
WHO MADE THE LIFE OF THE WRITER BRIGHT AND HAPPY,
THESE SIMPLE RECORDS
Queen of Great Britain Victoria
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EDITOR’S PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
Visit to Blair Athole.
Tour round the West Coast of Scotland, and Visit to Ardverikie.
First Impressions of Balmoral.
First Ascent of Loch-na-Gar.
A “Drive” in the Balloch Buie.
The First Stay at Alt-na-Giuthasach.
A Beat in the Abergeldie Woods.
Ascent of Ben-na-Bhourd.
The Gathering.
Salmon Leistering.
Loch Muich.
Torch-Light Ball at Corriemulzie.
Account of the News of the Duke of Wellington’s Death.
Laying the Foundation Stone of our New House.
The Kirk.
Arrival at the New Castle at Balmoral.
Impressions of the New Castle.
News of the Fall of Sevastopol.
The Betrothal of the Princess Royal.
The Kirk.
Finding the Old Castle Gone.
Love for Balmoral.
Opening of the New Bridge over the Linn of Dee.
Visits to the Old Women.
Visit to the Prince’s Encampment at Feithort.
A Fall of Snow.
Ascent of Morven.
The Prince’s Return from Aberdeen.
Fête to the Members of the British Association.
Expedition to Inchrory.
Ascent of Ben Muich Dhui.
First Great Expedition:—To Glen Fishie and Grantown.
Second Great Expedition:—To Invermark and Fettercairn.
Expedition to Loch Avon.
Third Great Expedition:—To Glen Fishie, Dalwhinnie, and Blair Athole.
Last Expedition.
First Visit to Ireland.
Yachting Excursion.
Second Yachting Excursion.
Visit to the Lakes of Killarney.
