14 MEMOIR 0? PENNANT. 



ties of nature, whether in the highest state of culti- 

 vation by art, or in all its rugged wildness, enjoyed 

 the scenery of the Highlands, and made allowances 

 for those wants which had been left in the richer 

 plains of merry England. 



Many parts struck his imagination, and left a vi- 

 vid impression on his memory. The route from 

 Taymouth to Killin, Inverary, and along the banks 

 of Loch Lomond to Glasgow, he says is a tract 

 unparalleled for the variety and frequency of fine 

 and magnificent scenery. When leaving Inver- 

 ness, he thus describes the banks of Loch Ness : 

 " I enjoyed along its banks a most romantic and 

 beautiful scenery, generally in woods of birch or 

 hazel, mixed with a few holly, white thorn, aspen, 

 ash, and oak, but open enough in all parts to ad- 

 mit a sight of the water. Sometimes the road 

 was straight for a considerable distance, and resem- 

 bled a fine and regular avenue in others it wound 

 about the sides of the hills which overhung the lake 

 the road was frequently cut through the rock, 

 which on one side formed a solid wall, on the other 

 a steep precipice. In many parts we were immersed 

 in woods in others, they opened, and gave a view of 

 the sides and tops ot the vast mountains soaring above. 

 Some of these were naked ; but in general covered 

 with wood, except on the mere precipices, or where 

 the grey rocks denied vegetation, or where the heath, 

 now glowing with purple blossoms, covered the sur- 

 face. The form of the hills was very various and 



