368 FOREST OF DIRRIE-CHATT ; 



Sutherland and Caithness ; and this natural feature of the 

 interior of the country was, with some slight variations, 

 the northern boundary of the Dirrie-Chatt. This central 

 ridge is marked by mountains, with intervals of table 

 land ; and the rains that fall on these high and continuous 

 summits, find their way in streams or torrents in different 

 directions to the east, or to the north coasts of the county : 

 part of these waters form the sources of the rivers that 

 pass into the 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 Keay 

 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 domi- 

 nant 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 com- 

 prehended within the Dirrie-Chatt, because the waters of 

 Carrie-na-farn, and of the two lochs, all fall into the river 

 Naver, by the river Meallart. Ben Klibreck, and 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 



