Upon the North fide of Loch Nefs ftands the famous 
Caftle of Vrqhart upon a Rock ; the great Ditch round 
it was for the moft part cut out of the Rock, and re- 
ceived the Water of the Lake. This Caftle confided of 
feven great Towers, and it's faid was built by the Cu 
winees, but had its Overthrow by KxngEdward the Firft 
of England ; and nothing remains now but one Tower 
totheEaft. 
To the Weftward of this Caftle, about four Miles up 
on the fide of Loch-Ne/s^ Hands that great Mountain 
Mealfuor-vouny^ of a round, neat, high Shape ; it wilt 
be two Miles of perpendicular height from the Lake« 
Upon the very top of this Hill there is a Lake of cold 
freih Water, about thirty Fathom in length, and fix broad, 
no Courfe or Stream running to it or from it. The bot- 
tom of it cannot be founded. I went purpoGly to fte 
it, and with a hundred Fathom of fmall Line plum'd it,, 
but could find no bottom. It is the No-fuch Rarity of 
all this Country; for Summer and Winter^ Spring and 
Harveft, it is equally full, and never freezes. 
There is, due Weft, from the end of the River of 
Hefs m Arm of the Sea called Beaulie Frith ^ fix Miles in 
length and two in breadth. This Bottom fure has been 
firm Land of old for hear the middle of it we find Jong 
oaken Trees with their whole Roots, fome above fixty, 
Foot in length, lying covered with the Sand, which, no . 
doubt, have grown there, and lie flat as they fell; for 
further Information, there are three great Heaps of Stones^ 
in this Lake, at confiderable diftance one from the other, 
thefe we call Cairns in the Irijh, One of a huge bignefs, 
(in the middle of the Frith) at low Water, is acceflible 
and we find it has been a Burial Place by the Urns which 
are fometimes difcovered. As the Sea encroaches and wears 
the Banks upward, there are long oaken Beams of 20 or 
30 Foot long found; fome of thefe 8, fome 12 or 14 Feet 
under Ground. I fee one of them 14 foot long, that car- 
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