On the Strathpeffer Spa / by D. Manson.

Date:
[1866?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On the Strathpeffer Spa / by D. Manson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    sorted to by health-seekers, coming chiefly from the more northerly counties of Scotland. Of late, as facilities for travelling by railway have increased, it has become freqiiented by visitors from all parts of England and Scotland, the heal- ing virtues of its waters, ])ractically demonstrated in numberless cases, forcing it more and more on the attention of those in quest of health. By nature the place is eminently suited as a resort for invalids. The village, with its lodging- houses and hotels, stands at a height of some two hundred feet above the level of the sea, occupying a xising ground at the western ex- tremity of the strath or valley which is called Strathpeffer. It is well sheltered by high hills on the north, south, and west sides, the Beu- Wyvis range of mountains protecting it from the north. In the easterly direction it com- mands a beautiful view of the cultivated strath, vdth its hills rising on each side. The scenery of the distiict is of the most varied and pic- turesque description, combining mountain, loch, river, wood, and cultivated country. There is the most ample scojje for patients, who are able, to benefit by out-door exercise and air. They may enjoy either the lighter amusements of tlie