THE NORTHERN LOCHS AND RIVERS. 109 



offer, as also, I have no doubt, will my friend Herl- 

 broke. What say you, Dick ? 



Herl. Most thankfully and by all means. 



The above is a fragment of conversation which took place 

 betwixt Messrs. Leister, Wandle-weir, and Herl-broke, 

 previous to the departure of the two latter gentlemen 

 for the north of Scotland. As in the course of it allu- 

 sion is made to certain papers communicated by mem- 

 bers of the club, we think it proper, having obtained 

 possession of one or more of these, to insert them in 

 this place, premising, that they appear to us generally, 

 if not specifically correct. The following is an account 

 of some of the streams and lochs belonging to Easter 

 Ross-shire. 



LOCH ACHILTY, ROSS-SHIRE. 



THEKE are few lakes in Scotland so attractive as 

 Loch Achilty. It is situated in a forest of natural 

 birch, the more graceful of our British trees. On 

 one side stands its own Tor, the nursery of our 

 northern red-deer; on the other rises Craigdarroch, 

 a wild accumulation of rocks and masses. Both 

 hills are plentifully wooded, and have a thick, 

 waist-deep heather covering in many parts. Loch 

 Achilty is a singular piece of water singular in 

 its make, its workings, and its produce. It has 

 several inlets, and, strange to say, no visible outlet. 

 The bottom is of a softish substance, full of springs > 

 and strewn over with trunks of sunken trees that 



