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60 CARAVAN DAYSto cross this belt.You may ferrythe Forth atQueensferry or the Clyde at Erskine, or youmay take the Great North Road between thetwo. On this occasion we crossed by ErskineFerry.On the following night we camped on the veryedge of the mining district, near Larkhall, andafter that we had our first encounter with electriccars. We have no very pleasant recollections ofthe two days that followed through Hamiltonand Paisley for we travelled most of the wayunder riotous and exasperating circumstancesand at an abnormal speed, with Simon in a stateof terror and revolt at the whistling of the overheadwires. All things considered we werefortunate to come through that ordeal withouta scratch on the van. Cars stillpursued us on theNorth side of the river, and it was not till wereached Loch Lomond that our anxieties were atan end.We had wonderful days upon Loch Lomond,of sun and shower and flying cloud, and theseason was that of the grandcrescendo of thefoliage when every day brings forth fresh harmoniesof green. Near Tarbet we came upon oneof the greatest camps of our journey. There wasa long, broad-backed rock, tufted with herbage