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shire, and terminates between Stonehaven and the 

 mouth of the Dee. The most elevated portion of 

 this chain lies at the head of this river. Een Mac- 

 dui is the highest mountain in Scotland, and rises 

 4,418 feet above the level of the sea. The mountains 

 of Cairngorm, Cairntoul, and Ben Avon, are respec- 

 tively 4,050, 4,225, and 3,967 feet. Near to the 

 east end of Loch Eannock is the mountain Schehal- 

 lion, 3,613 feet, and Een Lawers, on the north side 

 of Loch Tay, is 3,945 ; Een More, at the head of 

 Glendochart, 3,818; Een Lomond, on the confines 

 of Loch Lomond, 3,191 ; and Een Cruachen, at the 

 head of Loch Awe, 3,390. Een Nevis, commonly 

 reputed one of the highest Eritish mountains, lies in 

 the vicinity of Fort- William, and is 4,358 feet above 

 the level of the ocean. Its circumference at its base 

 is computed at 24 miles. On the south of the 

 Grampians, the Sidlaw, Ochil, and Campoie chains 

 of hills cut the valleys of the Forth and Tay into 

 three distinct portions. 



Making a start with our rod and basket from 

 Glasgow, we have a ready access, either by railway 

 or river steamer, to the county of Dumbarton. We 

 shall say nothing of the river Kelvin, in the imme- 

 diate vicinity of the city, further than that it is a 

 stream not worth a single rush to any angler who 

 has the rest of Scotland before him. Well, get to 

 Loch Lomond in a trice. The winding length of this 

 lake is not less than four-and-twenty miles. It is 

 narrow towards the northern extremity. On the 

 western side the hills are well clothed with wood. 



