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THE BllITISn ISLES. 



summit of Mcalfourvounie (3,0G0 feet). Loch Lochy, with its tributary, Loch 

 Arkaig-, drains the southern portion of the great glen, which is joined on the east 

 hy Glen Spean, to the north of which lies the district of Lochaber. The Pass of 

 Corryarrick (1,864 feet) leads from Loch Ness, across a spur of the Monadh- 

 liadh Mountains, into Strathspey, which forms the most marked feature of 



Fig. 18G.— FiiuH OF Inverness. 

 Vwm an Adiuiriiitv Chait. Scale 1 : 150,000. 





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Eastern Inverness, and at who.se head on the borders of I*erth lies the moorland 

 district of Badenoch. Northern Inverness is drained by Strathglass, which, 

 fed by streams descending from Ben Attow and Mam Soul (3,861 feet), throws 

 itself into Beauly basin. The water-parting lies close to the western coast, and 

 the peninsular districts of Glenelg and Knoidart (Laorbein, 3,341 feet), Arasaig 

 with Loch Morar), and Moidart (bounded by Loch Shiel) are of email extent. 



