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Guide to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, Including Orkney and Zetland, by G. and P. Anderson
Guide to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland Including Orkney and Zetland by G and P Anderson Author:George Anderson General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1842 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: 56 APPROACHES TO EITHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND, SECT. IT. SECTION II. APPROACHES TO AND TRAVELLING IN THE HIGHLANDS, HIGHLAND ROADS, COACHES, INNS, STEAM NAVIGATION, ETC. Approaches to tlie Highlands. 1. The main approaches to the Highlands from the south, are, 1st, by steam from London or Leith to Inverness, by the Moray Firth, at any of the ports on which the traveller can stop and penetrate into the " bowels of the land," in any direction he pleases. 2d, By the coast road from Aberdeen, through Elgin and Nairn shires. 3d, By the great Highland road across the Grampians from Perth, by Athole and Badenoch to Inverness, and by a branch from Dalwhinnie to Fort-William. 4th, Nearly parallel to this road, but more to the east, a new line of communication has been projected from Dunkeld or Dundee by Braemar, to Grantown in Strathspey, and thence to Forres or Elgin; but though already partially made, this route has not yet been completed. 5th, The roads leading north-west from the lakes of Perth, Stirling, and Dumbarton shires, which all either join between Loch Tay and Glencoe, and thence descend through that romantic gorge, to the Linnhe Loch ; or which, passing more westerly into Argyleshire, skirt the sides of Loch Awe, and, from its eastern extremity, descend along the flanks of Ben Cruachan by Loch Etive to, Oban and Fort-William. 6th, The great western approach by steam from Glasgow, by the Crinan and Caledonian canals; and 7th, The steamers from Glasgow and Oban to Staffa and lona, and to Skye and Stornoway in the outerHebrides, which perform the voyage once a-week in summer, and once a-fortnight in...« less