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THE BRITISH ISLES. 



with lochs and iS^optune's ladders. Loch Ness, which occupies the centre of 

 Glenmore, is one of the most rcmarktihle lakes for depth and regularity of contour ; 

 for a length of some 20 miles it has a width of 4,600 feet ; the scarps which bound 

 it rise to a height of 1,300 feet; and its depth is 790 feet. In the seas near the 

 neighbouring coast there are but few localities which exceed this dejDth. 



In that part of Scotland which lies to the north of the Caledonian Canal there 

 exists another depression analogous to that of Glenmore, but far less regular in 



Fig. 162. — Glenmokiî. 

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its contour, and not yet completely scooped out towards the north-west. It is 

 almost wholly occupied by Loch Shin, and by the river which drains that lake 

 into Dornoch Firth. Its direction is almost at right angles to the mountains, 

 which here, as they do farther south, extend towards the north-east, with the 

 Orkneys and Shetland Islands lying in the prolongation of their axis. The sub- 



