196 ANGLING & ART IN SCOTLAND 



This clear mountain burn, called the Fillan — 

 which rises on the slopes of Ben Lui, and, with 

 many others, helps to swell the waters of the Tay — 

 flows, after a course of some twelve miles, into the 

 lovely Loch Dochart, which may be seen from the 

 railway near to Crianlarich. Loch Dochart is 

 divided into two parts, the upper and lower, con- 

 nected by a slow-flowing, navigable river. The 

 lower loch, sometimes known by the name of 

 Lochan lubhair, is the larger of the two, a mile 

 and a half in length, winding away at the east end 

 through woods of great beauty, and can be fished 

 by those staying at the Luib Hotel, four miles 

 lower down the valley. The upper loch, although 

 not wooded, is also extremely beautiful ; for on the 

 south side rises abruptly the huge bulk of Ben 

 More, whose summit attains a height of nearly 4000 

 feet above the sea ; while the north shore is ex- 

 ceptionally fine, having enormous masses of rock, 

 most exquisite in form, intersected with bracken 

 and heather and occasional clumps of birch. In 

 the spring or autumn, when the bracken of is a 

 reddish-brown colour (especially noticeable after 

 rain), the grey of the rocks appears, by contrast, to 

 have a delightful greenish tinge — in fact, to my 



