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peculiar to the lake, which resembles the whiting, but tastes like a 

 trout. 



The most remarkable lochs, or lakes, in SCOTLAND, are Loclituy, 

 Loclmess, and Lochlei-en, which send forth rivers of the same 

 name with themselves; Lochlomond, which sends forth the river 

 Lomond ; and Lochiern, from which flows the river lern. 



On Lochleven lately resided a collateral relation and namesake 

 of the celebrated Dr. Smollet, to whose memory he raised an obe- 

 lisk, on the bank near the house in which he was bom. SmoJlet 

 was entitled to this mark of attention ; for we are indebted to him 

 for the following beautiful lines to the lake itself. 



On Leven's banks, while free to rove, 

 And tune the rural pipe to love, 

 I envied not the happiest swain 

 That ever trod th* Arcadian plain. 



Pure stream! in whose transparent wave 

 My youthful limbs I wont to lave; 

 No torrents stain thy limpid source; 

 No rocks impede thy dimpling course, 

 That sweetly warbles o'er its bed, 

 With white, round, polish'd pebbles spread; 

 While, lightly pois'd, the scaly brood. 

 In myriads, cleave thy crystal flood : 

 The springing trout, in speckled pride; 

 The salmon, monarch of the tide; 

 The ruthless pike, intent on war ; 

 The silver eel, and mottled par. 

 Devolving from thy parent lake, 

 A charming maze thy waters make, 

 By bow'rs of birch, and groves of pine, 

 And hedges flower' d with eglantine. 

 Still on thy banks, so gaily green, 

 May num'rous herds and flocks be seen ; 

 And lasses, chanting o'er the pale ; 

 And shepherds, piping in the dale; 

 And ancient faith, that knows no guile, 

 And industry, imbrown'd with toil j 

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