THE FRESH-WATER LOCHS OF SCOTLAND. 



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LOCHS OF THE RYAN BASIN. 



THE area draining into Loch Ryan (see Index Map, Fig. 11) includes 

 only two lochs that were sounded by the Lake Survey : the Black Loch and 

 the White Loch of Inch, both considerable sheets of water, situated in the 

 grounds of Lochinch Castle ; their overflow is carried by the Messan burn, 



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English Miles 

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Bartholomew 



FIG. 11. INDEX MAP OF THE BYAN, GALDENOCH, LUCE, AND BLADENOCH BASINS. 



a stream about 2 miles long, into Loch Ryan, 2 miles north-east of the town 

 of Stranraer. They are both at the same level, being connected by a broad 

 canal. Their axes run parallel to one another, from south-east to north- 

 west. Their combined areas amount to half a square mile, their volumes 

 to 241 millions of cubic feet, and they drain an area of 6 square miles. 



