THE FRESH- WATER LOCHS OF SCOTLAND. 



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THE LOCHS OF NORTH UIST. 



THE extraordinary maze of land and water, which the map shows to constitute 

 the greater eastern portion of the island of North Uist (see Index Hap, Fig. 

 22), cannot be fully appreciated when one is among the lochs. Although 

 this part of the land is very little above sea-level, the highest loch surveyed 



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PIG. 22. INDEX MAP OP THE ISLAND OF NOBTH UIST. 



standing at an altitude of only 35 feet, the undulatious of the stretch of low 

 moorland suffice to conceal most of the lochs, and rarely more than one or 

 two are in sight at one time. An ascent of one of the considerable 

 precipitous hills which rise close to the eastern shore (South Lee, 920 feet ; 



