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siderably in character, becoming much less heathery and more 

 verdant and rises to A' Ghlas Bheinn (3006 feet). It is divided 

 by the river wliich forms the Falls of Glomack from the main 

 chain which forms the north side of Glen Affric, and by the 

 Bealach na Sgairn from Ben Fhada. The first of the Glen Affric 

 mountains is Sg^irr nan Ceathreamhnan (3771 feet), a double- 

 peaked mountain throwing out ridges in almost every direction, 

 that towards the north almost joining the ranges of An Riabhachan. 

 The north-east ridge is very peculiar, extending for some miles at 

 an almost uniform height and dividing Glen Sithidh from Glen a 

 Choilich, the head waters of Glen Cannich. 



The eastern ridge connects it with Mam Sodhail (3862 feet) 

 and its northern summit of Carn Eige (3877 feet), the two highest 

 mountains north of the Caledonian Canal. These throw out ridges 

 to the north, south, south-east, and east. The northern ridge 

 terminates at Beinn Fhiounlaidh (3294 feet), a very steep green 

 hill ; the southern one at the Saoiter Mor (3500 feet), and the 

 south-easterly in the very finely shaped peak of Sgurr na Lapaich 

 (3401 feet) above Loch Affric. The easterly is the main ridge. 

 The first summit east of Ci\rn Eige is Creag na h-Eige (3753 feet); 

 beyond this the range increases in wildness and ruggedness, going 

 through Sron Garbh (3723 feet) — a mass of ruins at its eastern 

 shoulder— An Leth-Chreag (3442 feet) to Tom a' Choinich (3646 

 feet) beyond a huge hill Tuill Creagach (3452 feet), after which the 

 ridge gradually lowers to the junction of the Cannich and the 

 Glass rivers. 



At the head waters of the Glomack, and wedged between the 

 pass of Bealach na Sgairn and Glen Greanain on the one side, and 

 Glens Lichd and Fionn on the other, rises the well-known Ben 

 Fhada (3383 feet). Like Slioch at Loch Maree, this mountain's 

 height has considerably suffered at the hands of the Ordnance 

 Survey. It is just possible that in old days its northerly neigh- 

 bour (Sgiirr nan Ceathreamhnan, 3771 feet) may have been mis- 

 taken for it. It is, however, a grand and extensive mountain, being 

 upwards of nine miles long, and has several well-defined peaks and 

 deep precipitous corries. Its ridge presents considerable diversity 

 of character, the highest part being a gently sloping plateau, mostly 



