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Loch Ness is one of a series of lochs that 

 extend south-westward across Scotland, from the 

 Moray Firth towards the Sound of Mull. From 

 the steamer a view is obtained of Inverness which 

 cannot fail to impress and excite admiration. The 

 castle stands out boldly, with the massive mountains 

 of Strathdearn and Straithnairn in the background. 

 On the left is the beautifully- wooded valley of the 

 Ness, with its lovely river now quite full of fresh 

 running fish. How full it is at times may be 

 gathered from the fact that four and a half tons of 

 salmon were four years since taken in two days 

 from one of its pools. 



The boat starts during the winter months at 

 3 P.M., and traverses the six miles of canal in the 

 most leisurely manner, but puts on considerable 

 speed after entering the deep trough of the great 

 glen occupied by Loch Ness. The high, prettily- 

 wooded hills rise abruptly on both sides for the 

 whole of the 24 miles the loch extends, excepting 

 only where the rivers Farigaig and Foyers enter the 

 loch on the south side, and where Glen Urquhart 

 and Glen Moriston make breaks on the north. 



The lovers of what is beautiful and grand could 

 spend an enjoyable time in Glen Urquhart and 

 Glen Moriston, and at Foyers, with its famed Falls, 

 one of which is a river narrowed to a spout. It 

 then falls ninety feet into a beautifully-wooded glen 

 that forms a framework worthy of the picture. 



Our destination is Foyers, and as the steamer 



