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amazing depth, waiting for a fresh in the river, 

 which they instinctively avail themselves of to 

 ascend farther up the waters. 



The Earn is divided from the Tay hy no very 

 great extent of land. It is a copious stream. On 

 its hanks are to be seen some of the most sublime 

 and extensive prospects which Scotland aifords. 

 Moncrief Hill offers a most delightful view. You 

 see the Firth of Tay, the rich Carsc of Gowrie> and 

 the populous northern coast of Fife. Westward 

 appear upper Strath-Earn and Strath-Tay; the 

 mountains behind which the ancient Celine retired 

 before the invading armies of Rome ; wide heaths ; 

 a variety of human habitations and tracts of wood, 

 give to the whole a rich and splendid appearance. 

 The Earn falls into the Tay below Perth. 



On this river, six miles and a half from Ardoch, 

 there are two Roman camps ; one of them at Stra- 

 gcath, and the other in the neigbourhood of West 

 Dcalgin Ross, near the junction of the river Ruagh 

 Huil with the Earn. Both these stations are inter- 

 esting. 



Loch Earn contains fine trout, is about six miles 

 in extent, and is encircled with beautiful scenery. 



The Teith and the Allan are, properly speaking, 

 Perthshire rivers. The Teith is a considerable 

 stream, with a gravelly bottom, and a good stock of 

 salmon, salmon-trout, and common trout. It springs 

 out of the high grounds of Balquhidder, and is 

 divided into two separate streams. The one passes 

 through Lochs Toil and Lubnaig; and the other 



