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OUR MARCH TO THE WEST 161The new back brake was tested to the full onthe long descent of Glen Docherty, but it held usadmirably, and just South of Kinlochewe wecamped on a farm road about a mile above theloch. The hotel proprietor, who appeared tohave all the resources of the neighbourhood inhis own hands, greeted us most hospitably, andthrough his help Herbert was able to bring in allthe fresh eggs, as far as we could make out, thathad been laid in that part of Ross-shire in thelast two days.On the Tuesday we proceeded ten miles downthe loch over a most deplorable road and founda capital camping-ground on an open spacebeside a stream, not far from the Loch MareeHotel. That was a day of perfect weather andwonderful views and we spent the afternoon ina variety of domestic jobs, the Official Photographercarrying out important toning andfixing operations on the bank behind the van.There was again a tremendous downpour inthe night, but according to its admirable customthe weather cleared upas soon as it saw thehorses coming and we had a brilliant dayfinal march to the West.for ourAfter our many failureswe had come to regard our arrival on the WestCoast as an event well worthy to rank with ourM