DUMBAETONSHIEE. 



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Fig. 157. — Dumbarton. 

 Scale 1 : 23,000. 



rock encloses remains of mediaeval structures, and even a few bits of Roman 

 masonry. In accordance witli the treaty of union between England and Scotland, 

 this ancient residence of Robert 

 the Bruce, Mary Stuart, 

 Charles I., and Cromwell is 

 to be maintained for ever as a 

 place of defence, Dumbarton 

 engages extensively in the con- 

 struction of iron ships, besides 

 which it is a great resort of 

 tourists bent upon a visit to 

 the beautiful scenery of Loch 

 Lomond. The Leven, which 

 drains that lake, flows past 

 BaUoc.h, Alexandria, Bonhill, 

 and Renlon, all of which en- 

 gage in cotton bleaching and 

 dj'eiug, or have print works. 

 Luss, a village on the western 

 shore of Loch Lomond, has 

 slate quarries, and the fishing 

 village of Arrochar, farther 

 north, marks the present 

 southern limit of Gaelic. 



Carclross, below Dumbar- 

 ton, is noteworthy as the place 

 w^here Robert Bruce died. 

 Almost immediately after- 

 wards we reacb Heknshurgli, a 

 flourishing watering-place near 

 the mouth of Gare Loch, only 

 founded in 1777, opposite to 

 which rises the wooded emi- 

 nence of RoHeneath, with a 

 mansion of the Duke of Argyll. 



Kirldntilloch is the princi- 

 pal place in a detached portion 

 of the county, which adjoins 

 Lanarkshire in the north. 

 Collieries are in its neigrhbour- 

 hood. 



The basin of the Tweed, though far more extensive than that of the Clyde, and 

 not without tracts of fertile land, is nevertheless but sparsely peopled ; most of 

 its towns are mere villages, and only two amongst them have over 10,000 inhabitants. 

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naif a Mile. 



