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Fassifern. Continuing up the north side of 

 the Loch, all at once Loch Shiel opens to view. 

 You are now at the upper end, and where the 

 Pretender was met by the Clan Cameron, a 

 monument to whom, a McDonald of Glenalladale 

 has erected at his own expense. It is a fine 

 object to see the figure looking down the Loch 

 in such solitude. You are now at Grlenfinnan 

 inn. We fished that evening on the Loch, near 

 the statue of Charles Edward ; but the fishing 

 we came to try was over the hill. 



This lies about four or five miles from the 

 Glenfinnan inn, and is fished with boats. We 

 wind our way up a glen. In going up this 

 glen you will observe two beautiful sandstone, 

 dykes, in a ridge of high rocks on the right hand, 

 the remains of some great forest, as is seen by 

 the many decayed roots of the oak and fir trees, 

 one huge stump of the monarch of the wood 

 stands yet here, and life is not yet extinct, tho' 

 all its 



1 Youthful companions are faded and gone.' 



