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and Tyndrum turnpike. We did not go far along this before we came to an old road, over the end of a mountain, made by Gen. Wade; this being a much newer way to Invemeran, we took it, and after a hard pull we reached the highest point of it, from which we had a fine view of several mountains, and a beautiful little glen, in which there was a tarn, or small loch. Father drew this, and then after a steep decent, we reached Invemeran, which is only an inn. We here parted with Mr. Dewar. After a hearty dinner, and resting a while, we went out and got a couple of sketches, when seeing the Fort William coach drive up to the inn, we hurried back and got on it. The road for the first five miles is all ascending, and passes through a part of the Deer Forest, a tract of land twenty by ten miles in extent, in which the Marquis of Brendalbane keeps his deers, some of which we saw on the hills around, and
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two were within a quarter of a mile of the road. We had heard great accounts of the wonderful Deer Forest, and as you may suppose were very much astonished to find a perfect moor, with no trees, except a small group at Invermeran. We had some very fine views of grand mountains, pretty little glens and turns, and after a while came to a lone inn, called King's House, where we changed horses, and father got a hasty sketch of some splendid mountains which lie off to the South and West. In about three-quarters of an hour after leaving this place, we came to Glen Coe, which is a narrow pass, with a succession of rocky crags like, buttresses, rising to a great height, and at the foot of them there is a beautiful little lake. Near the top of one of these crags there is a cave, called [[Basians?]] Cave. There is but one house in sight, a poor little cottage. As the sun was just setting it gave a great [[?]] to the scene, which father thinks the finest thing of its kind he ever saw. In about an hour we came to Ballatroolish, a nice little village

Transcription Notes:
I believe the town is Inveroran, however, Invermeran appears to be how it's spelled in this journal. Also, the village of Ballachulish is spelled Ballatroolish in the journal.