SOUTHEEN SCOTLAND. 



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of Lucerne in its precipitous rocks and abrupt turnings. But the guardian spirit 

 of the lake has become the bondmaiden of human industry, for the city of 

 Glasgow has taken possession of Loch Katrine, in order that it may supply its 

 inhabitants and factories with pure water. An aqueduct, 44 miles in length, of 



Fig. 151. — Loch Lomond. 

 Peale 1 : 350,000. 



5 Miles. 



which 12 miles are tunnelled, pours every second 380 gallons of water into the 

 reservoirs of the town. Manchester, in looking to one of the lakes of Cumber- 

 land for its supply of water, is only following the example set by this great city of 

 Scotland. 



Almost without lochs, the Lowlands are poor, likewise, in islands, and the larger 



