280 FOEESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



German Ocean; and the remainder, the sources of others 

 that enter the Ocean, along the north coast of Sutherland, 

 from the river Hope to the confines of Caithness. 



These were considered the ancient boundaries, but others 

 somewhat different were adjusted, when Lord Reay was 

 proprietor of Edrachilles. 



Ben Klibreck, which rises to an elevation of 3,200 feet, 

 is situated to the north of this ridge, and forms the dominant 

 object in the scenery. Although one of its shoulders 

 separates Loch Naver from the romantic and lonely waters 

 of Loch Veallach and Loch Corr, part of the grounds on 

 the east side of these two lakes, as well as the wild solitudes 

 between them and the mountain, were not comprehended 

 within the Dirrie-Chatt, because the waters of Corrie-na- 

 farn, and of the two lochs, all fall into the river Naver, by 

 the river Meallart. Ben Klibreck, arid the romantic features 

 around it, formed of themselves a separate and celebrated 

 forest. 



From the southern base of Ben Klibreck, above Strath 

 Baggestie, the boundary of the Dirrie-Chatt proceeded to a 

 place called Garslary, and passing close to Craigna-lochan, 

 kept along the eastern side of Loch Veallach and Loch 

 Corr, including within the Ben Ormin forest the finely 

 wooded side of Loch Orr, called Tugarve, one of the most 

 favourite harbours for deer in that romantic district, 

 covered, as it is, with thriving natural birch wood, for an 

 extent of about six miles. Corrie-na-farn, and an outskirt 

 of Truderscaig, originally followed the Klibreck forest, 

 although the Ben Ormin foresters hunted without opposi- 

 tion on the shores of Loch Corr. 



From the north end of Loch Corr, the boundary of the 

 Dirrie-Chatt followed the river Meallart, which flows from 

 that loch ; making a sharp angle at Truderscaig, it then 

 proceeded to the north of the loch of that name, including 

 Holmaderry, the whole of which is within the Ben Ormin 

 forest ; from thence it went on in a direction nearly parallel 

 to the river Naver, as far as the Ravigil rocks. Within 

 these bounds is the celebrated mountain Ben Ormin, in 

 former times the spot selected and preserved for the 

 exclusive hunting of the earls of Sutherland. 



