THE FRESH-WATER LOCHS OF SCOTLAND. 103 



LOCHS OF THE LUCE BASIN. 



THE area draining into Luce bay, on the south coast of Scotland, in- 

 cludes seven lochs which were sounded by the Lake Survey, viz. Lochs 

 Magillie, Soulseat, Cults, Ree, Whitefield, Eldrig, and White Loch of 

 Myrton. The three first-mentioned lochs drain by the Pitlanton burn into 

 the head of Luce bay near Glenluce, while Loch Ree lies farther to the 

 north, near the eastern shore of Loch Ryan, and drains by the Penwherran 

 burn into the water of Luce, the three last-mentioned lochs draining, each 

 by an independent stream, into Luce bay on its eastern side. 



Loch Magillie (see Plate XXXIX.). A very small oblong loch, situated 

 150 yards to the north of Soulseat Loch. It is surrounded by fields, and 

 has stony shores. It is nearly a quarter of a mile long and one-tenth of a 

 mile broad. The greater part of the bottom is covered by 7 feet of water, 

 or less, deepening slightly towards the east shore, close to which is the 

 maximum depth of 14 feet. The mean depth is over 5 feet, the area 

 about 12 acres, and the volume 3 millions of cubic feet. The drainage 

 area is about one-third of a square mile. There is no apparent outflow, 

 but the water is supposed to percolate through the gravel to Loch 

 Soulseat. When surveyed on August 21, 1903, the surface was 4J feet 

 above Loch Soulseat, or 43'7 feet above sea-level. The temperature at the 

 surface was 61-2 Fahr., and at 10 feet 61'0. 



Loch Soulseat (see Plate XXXIX.). Soulseat Loch lies half a mile 

 south-west of Castle Kennedy station on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire 

 railway. It is surrounded by fields, and in form is irregular, being 

 divided into two portions by a wooded promontory, on which are the ruins 

 of Soulseat abbey. The length is over half a mile, and the greatest 

 breadth over a quarter of a mile. The constriction at the promontory is 

 16 feet deep, the basin on the north has the maximum depth of 42 feet 

 near the north shore, while the southern basin is shallower, with a depth 

 of 30 feet near the east shore. The mean depth is over 15 feet, the area 

 71 acres, and the volume 47 millions of cubic feet. The drainage area, 

 including Loch Magillie, is 1^ square miles. The Soulseat burn flows 

 south about 2 miles into the Pitlanton burn. The surface, on August 20, 

 1903, was 39-1 feet above sea-level, nearly identical with the elevation 

 determined by the Ordnance Survey on June 8, 1893, viz. 39-0 feet. The 



