THE FRESH- WATER LOCHS OF SCOTLAND. 9 



being carried into Loch a' Chlair by a stream, Uidh Bheag, less than 

 100 yards in length, the difference in the level of the two lochs being only 

 half a foot. It is a good trout loch, but the fishing is preserved. The 

 island shown on the Ordnance Survey map in the central part of the loch, 

 near the southern end, was indicated by only a few reeds at the time of the 

 survey. Loch nan Cuinne is a large but comparatively shallow loch, trend- 

 ing north and south, and 3 miles in length. It varies greatly in width, the 

 northern portion being very narrow, while in the central portion at the out- 

 flow the loch widens out and attains a maximum breadth exceeding three- 

 quarters of a mile ; the mean breadth is over one-third of a mile. Its 

 waters cover an area of about 734 acres, or considerably more than 1 square 

 mile, and it drains directly an area of over 22 square miles, but since 

 it receives the outflow from Loch Truid air Sgithiche, its total drainage 

 area exceeds 30 square miles. The maximum depth of 28 feet was ob- 

 served in the wide central part of the loch, but nearer the eastern than the 

 western shore. The volume of water is estimated at 396 million cubic 

 feet, and the mean depth at nearly 12^ feet. The loch was surveyed 

 on October 18, 1902, when the elevation of the lake-surface was found to 

 be 395*0 feet above the sea, and 6 inches higher than Lochs a' Chlair and 

 Baddanloch. 



Loch nan Cuinne is simple in conformation. The 10-feet area is con- 

 tinuous from end to end, though the contour-line is here and there of a 

 sinuous character, with a shallow patch round the island near the southern 

 end, while the 20-feet area occupies the wide central portion of the loch, 

 and is nearly a mile in length. The deepest sounding in 28 feet was taken 

 about 300 yards from the eastern shore. The areas between the contour- 

 lines, and the percentages to the total area of the loch, are as follows : 



Feet. Acres. Per cent. 



OtolO 299 ... 40-7 



10 20 317 ... 43-2 



over 20 118 ... 16-1 



734 100-0 



Temperature observations taken at 3 p.m. on the date of the survey 

 gave 46" -5 Fahr. at the surface and at a depth of 10 feet, while a reading 

 at 20 feet gave 47-0. 



Loch a' Chlair (see Plate II.). Loch a' Chlair (or nan Clar) is 

 continuous with Loch Baddanloch, the passage between them being about 

 200 yards across and having a depth of 5 feet. The entire sheet of water 

 trends in a north-west and south-east direction, and is 3^ miles in length, 

 covering an area exceeding 2 square miles. The fishing, both trout and 

 char, is preserved, and the surroundings very fine, several lofty peaks being 

 visible, including Morven to the south-east, Ben Griam to the north-east, 

 Ben Armine and Ben Klibreck to the south-west, Ben Hee to the west, and 

 Ben Hope and Ben Loyal to the north-west. Loch a' Chlair is somewhat 



