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most kind and hospitable. On my way home
I met a nice looking watcher, Elphinston by
name, who had been a water bailiff on the Helmsdale
he took me to his house & gave me a tumbler
of milk and when I got back to Dalnessie,
Mrs. Mackay the wife of the keeper had prepared
tea for me with an egg so by the time I reached
Fairlachd where Jocelyn & her father had been fishing
I felt quite fresh.

30th June 1909. Took the public motor to Tutim in
Strath Oykell 2 1/4 miles beyond Invercassley to see
a standing stone mentioned by Mr. Mackenzie
called Clach an' Fhithicht. Neither the shepherd
nor Murray the water bailiff who joined me
knew anything about it so I was unable to find it.
We visited an old enclosure about 150 yds. [yards] N.W. [North West] of
the shepherd's house showing low long mounds in
the centre said on that account to be an old
grave yard but I doubt it. The actual
graveyard stands on the top of a bank about
(?) 350 yds [yards] E. [East] of the shepherd's house. It contains a
number of old stones few of which have any
devices or inscriptions on them. In the NW [North West]
corner is a grave slab on the top of a modern
grave. It is of the native schist, 4' long x
1'.7" broad, and has incised on its surface

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