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Loch-Goil branches off in a north-westerly direction from Loch-long. On 

 a rock overlooking the western coast, are the remains of the Castle of Carrick 

 once a royal residence, but burnt by the Atholl men, and now reduced to a mass 

 of ruins. Loch-goil, it will be remembered, is the scene of the pathetic ballad, by 

 Campbell, of "Lord Ullin's Daughter;"* a poem of unrivalled beauty, and in 

 which the effects of the storm are vividly depicted. 



During the memorable invasion of Scotland by Haco, king of Norway, in 

 1264, a squadron of sixty ships, or galleys, commanded by Magnus, king of 

 Mona the Isle of Man sailed up Loch-long; and, dragging their boats across 

 the isthmus connecting it with Loch-lomond, launched upon the latter, laying 

 waste its shores and islands, in which many of the neighbouring inhabitants 

 had found, as they supposed, a secure refuge. This is the country of the Mac- 

 farlanes, the ancient lords of the soil ; and at the head of the lake is Loch- 

 sluagh, where the numerous retainers of these chieftains were wont to assemble. 

 Near the latter was once a fir plantation, says tradition, to which, on occasion 

 of some clannish feud, the men of Atholl repaired, and lay in ambush to surprise 

 the chief of the Mact'arlanes : but his son Duncan being apprised of it, sur- 

 rounded the plantation on a Sunday evening, and setting fire to it, consumed 

 the Atholl men in the flames. The mansion-house of this ancient chief is now 

 converted into an inn. 



DUNBARTON-SHIRE, OR, THE LENNOX. 



" How wide the lake in limpid beauty smiles 



Round the green yews that shade the Lomond isles, Sec. 



See, old Alclutha to the sight displays 

 Her rock, impregnable in ancient days ! 

 From the broad stream its whitening summits rise, 

 Like famed Parnassus, towering to the skies." 



CLYDE, a Poem. 



LOCH-LOMOND, so justly considered one of the most picturesque lakes in the 

 world, lies principally in Dunbartonshire. It is nearly thirty miles long, and at 

 its southern end, eight or ten miles broad ; but towards its northern extremity, 

 its breadth is contracted to less than a mile. Its depth varies from sixty to six 



Having some doubts on this subject, we consulted our friend Mr. Campbell whether this lake was the 

 poetical one, and were happy to have his confirmation before applying to it the stamp of classic ground. 



