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cut in twain by tAvo promontories which jut out from opposite sides of the 

 shore near its middle. Like Loch Recar, it has a long narrow arm leading 

 to the effluent on the east side ; there are also several small islands. The 

 hill Macaterick rises boldly from the south shore ; similarly, but less boldly, 

 Maccallum rises from the south of Loch Recar. In the shores, water, and 

 vegetation, this loch also resembles Loch Recar. 



Loch Slochy is half a mile S.W. of Loch Recar, into which it drains. It 

 is of some considerable area, but very shallow, and consequently is almost 

 entirely overgrown with associations of marsh plants, some of which spread 

 over the adjoining boggy moor, so that in many places one has difficulty in 

 discovering where the water ends or where the shore begins. This loch is 

 well on the way towards the formation of another of those deep bogs with 

 which the district already abounds. The most abundant and dominant 

 plants of the deeper marsh are Equisetum limosum and Phragmites 

 communis, with which are mixed a few groups of Scirpus lacustris. Carex 

 rostrata, Heleocharis palustris, Juncus lamprocarpus, and J. acutiflorus 

 dominate the shallow margin, where Juncus efFusus also occurs, but less 

 plentifully. Littorella lacustris and Juncus fluitans appear to be the most 

 abundant submersed plants. 



Loch Ballochling is a small sheet of water having the same general 

 features as Loch Recar, and is situated a mile north-east of it. It illustrates 

 well the difference between east and west shores, caused by the prevailing 

 westerly winds ; the Avest side has an abundance of plants, whilst the east 

 side consists chiefly of sandy bays almost without vegetation. Carex 

 rostrata, C. filiformis, Potamogeton polygonifolius and its var. pseudo- 

 fluitans are particularly abundant on the west side. Ranunculus Flammula, 

 var. natans, is also very plentiful, especially in the affluent. Two hepatics 

 not generally common on the shores of lakes grew luxuriantly — Pleurozia 

 cochleariformis and Jungermannia inflata. 



Loch Goosie is a small loch about a mile west of the last mentioned, and 

 similar to it in general features. Its doininant plants are Phragmites 

 communis and Potamogeton polygonifolius ; the beautiful moss Pterogonium 

 gracile was abundant on the dr}^ rocks of the shore. 



Loch Brecbowie is a small sheet of water about a mile N.W. of the last 

 mentioned, and being about 1200 feet above sea level, is at a greater 

 elevation than any of the foregoing lochs. It is prettily situated amongst 

 hills, in a pass leading from Loch Goosie to Loch Bradan. Waterhead Hill 

 rises immediately from its east side. The margin is sinuous, and the very 

 narrow zone of shore between the water and the moor is rocky, stony, or 

 sandy ; its general features are otherwise similar to those of the preceding 



