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and Loch Quoich. It occupies the lower part of Glen Garry, and its 

 lower end is only about 3 miles west of Invergarry on Loch Oich ; its 

 direction is about due east and west. Glen Garry is at this part very 

 open, the high hills, Ben Tee, a conspicuous pyramidal hill, 2936 feet 

 in height, on the south, and Meall Dubh (2581 feet) and some lesser 

 peaks on the north, being several miles distant. The sides of the 

 valley rise gradually to the mountains, the lower slopes on both shores 

 of the loch being densely wooded. 



Loch Garry is elongate, slightly curved, of nearly uniform breadth 

 for the greater part of its length, but in the eastern part for a mile 

 very irregular and shallow. Its length is 5 miles, its greatest breadth 

 fully half a mile, and its mean breadth one-third of a mile. Its super- 

 ficial area is about 1117 acres, or 1J square miles, and its contents 3794 

 millions of cubic feet. The drainage area, including Lochs Quoich and 

 Poulary, is 137 square miles. Besides the river Garry, which enters 

 the loch at the west end, some large streams, coming down from the 

 mountain-mass to the westward of Ben Tee, enter on the south, and 

 many smaller streams on the north. Leaving the loch, the river Garry 

 flows 3 miles to the east and enters Loch Oich at Invergarry. 



Loch Garry, at the date of the survey (May 2, 1903), was 257-0 feet 

 above sea-level ; the Ordnance Survey officers on July 2, 1869, found 

 the elevation to be 257-8 feet above the sea. 



In the character of its basin Loch Garry closely resembles Loch 

 Quoich, higher up in the same glen. The main part of the loch, fully 

 3J miles long, is a simple basin. As in Loch Quoich, there is a large 

 portion at the east end, one mile in length, which is quite distinct 

 from the basin, and is of moderate depth. 



This eastern part is cut off from the main loch by a large, low, 

 wooded promontory, called the Garbh Eilean (Rough island), and a 

 sandy island (Eilean Ban), to the south-west of it. An irregular 

 channel, varying from 9 feet to 18 feet in depth, leads to the small 

 eastern basin, which has a small island at each end, and a narrow arm 

 running to the north. This basin has a narrow area half a mile long, 

 over 25 feet in depth, with a maximum depth of 43 feet. At the west 

 end of Loch Garry a narrow offset runs for half a mile westward, 

 with a depth of 5 feet at the mouth, and of 8 to 16 feet within. 



The main basin shallows greatly towards each end. The 50-feet and 

 100-feet contours closely follow the shore, except at the ends. The 150- 

 feet contour encloses but a narrow area If miles long. This is a good 

 deal nearer the south shore in the greater part of its length, but for half 

 a mile at its west end it recedes far from the south shore, where the 

 slope from 100 to 150 feet is very gradual. A small isolated 150-feet 

 area, Jbased on a sounding in 159 feet, lies to the east of the main 

 150-feet basin, the deepest sounding in the short interval between them 

 being 146 feet. 



