116 BOUNDARIES OF GAWICK. 



on the north and east by Glentromy and Corrybran, 

 and on the west by the Glentruim and Drumnachter 

 hills. 



" In the centre of Gawick there is a plain about eight 

 miles long, and in this plain there are three lakes 

 Lochandellich, Loch Bhroddid, and Lochindoime all 

 abounding with excellent char and trout. There is also 

 another species of fish, called by the natives Dormain. 

 This fish is large, has a huge head, and is supposed to 

 prevent salmon from ascending to the lakes : some of 

 them weigh from twenty to thirty pounds. The hills on 

 each side of this plain are remarkably steep, with very 

 little rock, and of considerable altitude. On the western 

 extremity there is a hill of a very striking appearance; 

 its length is about a mile, its height about one thousand 

 feet from the base of the plain ; its shape resembles that 

 of a house. This hill is called the Doune, and forms 

 the southern limit of the forest. So much for the 

 boundaries and locality ; now for a tale of other times. 



" Walter Gumming was killed by a fall from his horse 

 in the forest of Gawick ; he was the son, I believe, of 

 one of the Cummings of Badenoch, and certainly a very 

 profligate young fellow. Tradition says that he deter- 

 mined on making a number of young women shear stark 

 naked in the farm of Ruthven, which was the residence 

 of the Cummings in Badenoch. In the mean time he 

 was called away on business in Atholl, and the day of 

 his return was fixed for this infamous exhibition. When 

 that day arrived, his horse galloped up to the court yard, 

 stained with soil and blood, with one of his master's legs 

 alone hanging in the stirrup. Search was instantly made 



