my boatman -lrb- who was an honest fellow and mindful of his promise to the catechist -rrb- would fain have carried me on to balachulish; but as this was to take me farther from my secret destination, i insisted, and was set on shore at last under the wood of lettermore -lrb- or lettervore, for i have heard it both ways -rrb- in alan's country of appin.