face, where there are some good rocks on which climbing could probably be got. The other three peaks are easy undulating summits, with grassy corries all around. These corries usually contain a big quantity of snow in spring and early summer. This group may be easily reached from either Glencarron Station, or Achnashellach Station on the Dingwall and Kyle of Lochalsh Railway. A good driving track runs up the Allt a' Chonais to Coire-beithe in Glen Evaig. This track may be taken for three or four miles, when one or other of the shooting paths which exist here will afford an easy approach to the hills. N.B.-The scenery in the Allt a' Chonais is very fine. To get at this group of hills from the Monar side is much more difficult, as the distances from public resorts are great. A new small inn a mile from Struy Bridge has recently been opened, and from it Glen Strath Farrar may be explored, but west Monar is a "far cry" from Struy, and were one approaching the hills from that side, he would need to find accommodation in some of the keepers' houses about Loch Monar. The ground is all under deer. A. E. R LURG MHOR (3,234 feet). (DIVISION III. GROUP XXIV.) Lat. 57 24'; W. Lon. 5° 13'. Ordnance Survey Map, one-inch scale, Sheet 82. Bartholomew's Reduced Ordnance Map, Sheet 20. Bidean Choire Sheasgaich (3,102 feet); pron. Bidean Coire Hes-gich =the peak of the barren corrie. Lurg Mhòr (3.234 feet)=the big ridge. This is a very inaccessible group of hills lying to the west of Loch Monar; their western slopes drain into the headwaters of the Ling in Kintail. They can be got at from Strathcarron Hotel by traversing a series of tracks over some very rough and broken ground to the Loch an Laoigh. From here the track continues through the Bealach an Sgoltaidh (a rightof-way) to Loch Monar. Bidean Choire Sheasgaich may be easily climbed from the Bealach an Sgoltaidh. There is no cairn on the summit. A fine walk leads in a south-westerly direction to Lurg Mor (3,234 feet)-cairn here. Lurg Mor is a great long flat-topped ridge, with easy slopes descending to the south. It is very steep and precipitous on its north side, but there is no good climbing rock on the hill. A good road runs up Glen Strath Farrar to Monar Lodge. There is nothing but a rough track along the north side of Loch Monar to Strathmore Lodge, communication being usually made by boat. From the west end of Monar Loch a rough track runs through the Bealach an Sgoltaidh to Attadale as above mentioned. A good path has been recently constructed from Glen Elchaig to Pait Lodge, which might be utilised in getting to or from this remote region. The ground is all under deer. A. E. R. MORUISG. (DIVISION III. GROUP XXV.) Lat. 57° 30'; W. Lon. 5° 10. Ordnance Survey Map, one-inch scale, Sheet 82. Bartholomew's Reduced Ord nance Map, Sheet 20. Moruisg (3,026 feet). This is a somewhat featureless hill, lying on the east side of the Dingwall and Kyle of Lochalsh Railway at Glencarron Station. There is no climbing on it whatever, the hill being mostly made up of grass and screes. It may easily be ascended from Glencarron Station between trains. It is well to note that there is no public accommodation near Glencarron Station, Craig Inn being now shut up. The ground is under deer. A. E. R. SGÙRR A' MHUILINN (The Peak of the Mill). (DIVISION III. GROUP XXVI.) Lat. 57° 33′ 40′′; W. Lon. 4° 55'. One-inch O.S., Sheet 82. Bartholomew's Reduced Ordnance Map, Sheet 20. This mountain massif, generally known as Sgùrr a' Mhuilinn-the name of one only of its several summits -occupies a central and outstanding position between the head of Strath Conon and Strath Bran, and, whether viewed from the low ground of Easter Ross, or from Achnasheen and the heights of Kinlochewe in the west, rises as a most conspicuous feature in the landscape. Composed of different varieties of metamorphic rock, the mountain forms an oblong mass of elevated ground, four by three miles in extent, and divided into two unequal portions by the deep valley of Gleann Meinich. On the north side of this glen the summits rise in the following order from south-east to north-west :—Creag Ruadh (2,388 feet); I mile west by north, Meallan nan Ban (2,750 cont.); I mile north by west, beyond a dip of nearly 600 feet, Sgùrr a' Mhuilinn (2,845 feet); and, 1 miles west by north, Sgùrr a' Ghlas Leathaid (2,778 feet); a graceful cone-shaped peak, and the culminating point of the mountain. The most striking feature of Sgùrr Mhuiliun is, however, the peak-nameless on the one-inch O.S., but known locally as Creag Ghlas-which rises on the north side of Gleann Mhuilinn rather less than I mile south of Sgùrr a' Ghlas Leathaid, and plunges down in a magnificent precipice of bare, grey, slabby rock to the deep grassy valley below. At either end of the lower ridge on the south side of Gleann Meinich are Meall na Faochaig (2,231 feet) and the top wrongly named on the O.S. Map, Creag Ghlas, and locally known as Cnap na Feola (1,895 feet). Sgurr Mhuilinn may be approached from the east by Strath Conon (daily mail-car from Muir of Ord Station to Strathconon village), a beautiful drive of 16 miles up the valley of the Conon and Meig rivers. The ascent can be made from Strathanmore, I mile west of the village, by following the Allt a' Mhuilinn. A more interesting way is by Gleann Meinich, and up the first tributary stream on the north side of that glen, descending from Sgùrr Ghlas Leathaid to the head of the valley. An alternative route from the west is from Achanalt (Hotel), on the Dingwall and Skye Railway, whence a walk of 4 miles over somewhat dreary moorland leads to the north foot of Sgùrr a' Ghlas Leathaid. Inns at Muir of Ord, Achilty, Achanalt, and some (rough) accommodation in Strathconon village. L. W. H. EXCURSIONS. The Editor will be glad to receive brief notices of any noteworthy expeditions. These are not meant to supersede longer articles, but many members who may not care to undertake the one will have no difficulty in imparting information in the other form. CLACH GLAS, A NEW CLIMB ON.-Sunday, 23rd April 1905, Inglis Clark, H. Walker, and Goodeve slept the night at Camasunary Lodge after doing a climb on Blaven. The morning did not look very promising, as there had been a good deal of rain in the night, and the tops of the hills had a fair sprinkling of fresh snow. There were heavy clouds about, and the mist was low down on the hills. Getting up about 5.30 A.M., a start was made from the Lodge by 7 A.M. By that time the sky had cleared, and the general weather conditions appeared more favourable. The track was followed from the Lodge as far as the Lonely Corrie, and the corrie ascended to the foot of the central buttress of Clach Glas. The north face of Blaven looked exceptionally grand with the mist eddying and swirling round the pinnacles of rock near the summit, and several photographs were taken at different points en route. A consultation was then held at the foot of the buttress, as there appeared to be a choice of three routes, namely, the main gully, the buttress to the right, or the buttress to the left of this gully, either buttress offering a choice of routes at the bottom. The left-hand buttress is continuous to the summit, and was, the writer believes, climbed by Naismith and Parker. It was eventually decided to try the gully. The first two pitches were very wet and cold owing to the snow and ice on the rocks, and the stream of water running over them, and though not very difficult some care had to be used. After the first two pitches the gully did not appear as though it would offer much difficulty higher up, so a traverse was made out of the gully on to the right-hand buttress. This traverse landed the party on to some big boiler-plate slabs, which were in bad condition owing to fresh snow, and the holds were very small and all filled with snow, so that a good deal of time was taken up in finding and cleaning them out. There were very few hitches, and those only small ones, and not particularly safe. With the exception of two short snow-storms while on the buttress, the weather was favourable, and the views looking back across the valley, |