THE FRESH-WATER LOCHS OF SCOTLAND. 



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Rannoch Moor Lochs. No coach road in Britain probably passes 

 through more magnificent scenery than that between the Bridge of 

 Orchy and Ballachulish. About half-way between Iiiveroran Hotel and 

 King's House Hotel the river Ba crosses the road, and to the west lies 

 Corrie Ba, the sanctuary of the Black Mount forest, where no shot is 

 ever fired, and consequently this splendid corrie is the home of the deer, 

 the golden eagle, the fox, and other wild animals. Here also is the 

 most westerly source of the rivers of the Tay basin. In rainy weather 

 a large amount of water passes down the river Ba and other streams 

 into the moor of Rannoch, and about a mile or two to the eastward of 

 the road a large extent of the moor is flooded, and presents the 



FIG. 15. MOOR OF RANNOCH, SHOWING LOCH BUIDHE AND LOCHAN NA STAINGE. 

 (Photograph by Sir John Murray.) 



appearance of a vast lake. In drier weather there are distinct basins, 

 which have received the names of Loch Buidhe, Lochan na Stainge, 

 Lochan na h-Achlaise, and Loch Ba (or A-baw), all of them situated 

 in drift and encumbered with rocks and small islands; they are all 

 shallow. These lochs all contain trout, and have boats on them; they 

 belong to the Marquis of Breadalbane, and are strictly preserved. On 

 Eilean Molach in Loch Ba the heron still breeds in large numbers, and 

 formerly the osprey used to breed in the same place. In making the 

 survey of these lochs, the staff were much obliged to Mr. M'Intyre, the 

 head stalker to the Marquis of Breadalbane. 



