366 NOTES ON 



Note IX. 



The head ofLasman.P. 114. 



In this passage, and elsewhere, Arnoldus mistakes the name of 

 the rivers in which he took his pastime. What he here calls the 

 Loeman is the Leven, the outlet of Loch-Lomond, which forms the 

 harbour of Dunbarton ; a stream, which, with its banks and finny 

 inhabitants, has been rendered immortal by Smollet's Ode. The 

 whole description of taking the salmon, which follows, is in the true 

 spirit of the sport, and cannot but amuse all true " gentlemen pis- 

 catorians and lovers of the rod." 



Note X. 



Island of Luss. ?. 127. 



Luss is a parish, not an island, nor is it easy to see how an island 

 could have been the boundary of a lake, as the author asserts. By 

 Luss we are to understand the mountains on the western side of 

 Loch-Lomond. 



Note XI. 



The pass of Inch Callow. P. 127. 



The Pass of Bealamaha, on the eastern side of the lake, is not 

 improperly called the Pass of Inch-cailzie, being almost straight op- 

 posite to the island so termed. Inch-cailzie, or the Island of the Old 

 Women, once contained a nunnery. 



Note XII. 



Beautiful Bohanun. P. 128. 



The ludicrous description of Buchanan is no longer applicable, 

 owing to the extensive woods and improvements which now adorn 

 the vicinity of the Duke of Montrose's seat there. The " kirk of 

 Dremen," mentioned in the same page, should have been spelled 

 Drymen, and " Kilmarnock" ought to have been Kilmaronock. 

 The ruins of the castle are still standing. It was once the seat of 

 the Earls and Dukes of Lennox, and afterwards of the Cochranes, 

 who became Earls of Dundonald. It has been, in its time, a place 

 of strength and importance. 



