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CHAPTER XIXOUR MARCH TO THE WESTSOON after we left our Happy Valley we cameout upon the open moor. We made a twentyfour-milejourney on the Monday, on a road thatwas much better than we expected, and had tocontent ourselves with what my Partner callsa " corrugated camp," such as we had met withmore than once in Sutherland, at Overscaig,Altnaharra and elsewhere.In these remote districts,I am sorry to say, corrugated iron is muchin vogue, greatly to the detriment of the scenery,and any shed, stable, garage or other buildingthat one may find at the roadside is generallyconstructed of it. These buildings have twoother characteristics. They always have a goodhard level space in front of them and they arealways locked and deserted. So at Achnasheenwe stopped beside a sheltering shed, which rangall night to the assault of the rain. But with themorning the sun came out again and we had acapital day for our heavy march over to LochMaree. The road is not very steep nor the hill