loo ANGLING & ART IN SCOTLAND 



•with its bold precipitous crags, especially recalling 

 that at the foot of Loch Katrine. Upon pro- 

 ceeding westward, the scenery becomes wilder. 

 The road, which winds picturesquely through scat- 

 tered woodlands consisting chiefly of old birch 

 trees, here and there closely hugs the shores of 

 the lake, across whose waters the splendid peak 

 of Ben Tee constantly dominates the landscape. 



For the last mile or two, after the head of 

 Loch Garry is left behind, the road steadily 

 mounts upward until, from the top of some rising 

 ground from which a grand stretch of country 

 can be seen in either direction, the first sight is 

 obtained of the long-looked-for goal, the little 

 whitewashed Highland inn, placed upon the road- 

 side, known as Tomdown. 



II.— A HIGHLAND INN 



The name Tomdown in Gaelic denotes />^<? brown 

 knoll, but is generally taken to refer to the inn. For 

 beyond a very diminutive kirk, in which services 

 are held at long intervals, there is no other building 

 within the radius of a mile. 



The house is situated high up on the side of the 



