Yours,
GEORGE BORROW.

(_Keep this_)

LETTER XIII.
_To_ MARY BORROW.

TRECASTLE,
BRECKNOCKSHIRE,
SOUTH WALES.
_August_ 17_th_, 1857.

DEAR CARRETA,

I write to you a few words from this place; tomorrow I am going to
Llandovery and from there to Carmarthen. For the first three or four
days I had dreadful weather. I got only to Worthen the first day, twelve
miles, on the next to Montgomery, and so on. It is now very hot; but I
am very well, much better than at Shrewsbury. I hope in a few days to
write to you again, and soon to be back to you.

God bless you and Hen.

G. BORROW.

LETTER XIV.
_To_ MARY BORROW.

INVERNESS,
_September_ 29_th_, 1858.

MY DEAR CARRETA,

I have got your letter, and glad enough I was to get it. The day after
to-morrow I shall depart from here for Fort Augustus, at some distance up
the lake. After staying a few days there, I am thinking of going to the
Isle of Mull, but I will write to you if possible from Fort Augustus.

I am rather sorry that I came to Scotland--I was never in such a place in
my life for cheating and imposition, and the farther north you go the
worse things seem to be. And yet I believe it is possible to live very
cheaply here, that is if you have a house of your own and a wife to go
out and make bargains; for things are abundant enough, but if you move
about you are at the mercy of innkeepers and suchlike people.

The other day I was swindled out of a shilling by a villain to whom I had
given it for change. I ought, perhaps, to have had him up before a
magistrate, provided I could have found one. But I was in a wild place,
and he had a clan about him, and if I had had him up I have no doubt I
should have been outsworn. I, however, have met one fine, noble old
fellow. The other night I lost my way amongst horrible moors, and
wandered for miles and miles without seeing a soul. At last I saw a
light, which c