A further stay at Strathpeffer led to disenchantment, not with
outdoor nature but with human nature as there represented, and he
relieves his feelings as follows:--
_Ben Wyvis Hotel, Strathpeffer, July 1880._
MY DEAR CHERLS,--I am well but have a little over-tired myself which is
disgusting. This is a heathenish place near delightful places, but
inhabited, alas! by a wholly bestial crowd.