102 STUDIES OF NATURE 



delectation. There the two streams come down 

 the two diverse glens and fall into the sea. 

 The mouths of the two rivers are not quite a 

 mile asunder; nor has either of them an ex- 

 tensive course ; yet nowhere else in Arran can 

 you get such variety, or find such noble pictures 

 as are to be seen on the banks of these streams 

 and in the bit of country which lies between 

 them. Both burns rise in the heart of the 

 hills, and amid scenes of the grandest character; 

 but their immediate banks are not remarkable 

 until they are about half a mile from the sea ; 

 then, the South Burn entering a rocky glen 

 and the North Burn hiding itself in a dense 

 wood, they become interesting in the highest 

 degree. From a ridge under the loftier hills, at 

 a place called Mid Sannox, which is between 

 the two streams, there is one of the most 

 perfect views in the Island. Looking inland 

 you get the whole of the South Glen; and, 

 beyond it, the wild peaks in Glen Kosa. A 



