CHAPTER XXI.

THE QUEEN IN HER HIGHLAND HOME.

The Queen as an Author--"The Early Years of the Prince Consort"--"Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands"--Love for Children of all Ranks--Mountain Ascents on Pony-back--In Fingal's Cave--"The Queen's Luck"-- Salmon-spearing, and a Catastrophe attending it--Erection of a Memorial Cairn--Freedom of Intercourse with Humble Highlanders--Visits to Cottagers--"Mrs. Albert"--Travelling Incognito--Highland Dinners--"A Wedding-Party frae Aberdeen"--A Disguise Detected 186