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nearly 1,500 feet in height. Should the atmosphere 

 be clear, the view from the summit of the mountain 

 is grand and extensive. "We see Ben Lomond, Ben 

 Cruachan, Ben More, Ben Lawers, and a vast variety 

 of other less aspiring elevations, which come within 

 the range of the visible horizon. 



The angler will find Loch Lochy and Loch Oich 

 both fair sheets of water for angling. Very large 

 pike are often taken out of these lakes. Trout are, 

 however, not so plentiful here, as in some other 

 lochs in this part of the kingdom. Prom Loch Oich 

 the steamboat goes on to Loch Ness, which is 

 twenty-four miles in length, and, upon the average, 

 about a mile and a quarter in breadth. Opposite to 

 Fort Augustus, the river SirfF falls into it, and the 

 angler will find this an excellent stream for the rod. 

 Its banks are in many spots singularly wild and 

 romantic. About midway down the loch, the river 

 Foyers empties its waters into it, and this, too, will 

 be found a good fishing station. The falls of this 

 stream have been long famous. The waters dash 

 over a cataract of 212 feet in height, and send up a 

 sheet of spray of dazzling whiteness. Nothing can 

 be more grand and imposing. The banks of the 

 river abound with the most wild and stupendous 

 rocky chasms and eminences, many of which are 

 beautifully ornamented with the birch and the ash. 

 Should the angler take the entire route of the 

 Caledonian Canal, he ought to pay a visit to the 

 chief mountains in the district Ben Nevis, 4,370 

 feet in height, and Mealfourvonie, upwards of 3,000. 



