TEMPERATURE OF SCOTTISH LAKES 
139 
Loch. 
Maximum 
Depth. 
Mean 
Depth. 
1 
riemarks. 
i-VldlCC • • • 
367 
125 
Seldom, if ever, completely frozen 
over (see Scott. M.et. J own. , 
1908, p. 223). 
Plooc; 
VjriaSS 
365 
159 
This is one of the lakes referred to 
above. 
359 
153 
Was frozen all round its shores in 
]More (Sutherland) 
316 
126 
1895. 
Awe . 
307 
105 
The arm in the Pass of Brander 
freezes over in severe frosts. 
The main loch was frozen from 
Loch Awe Station to within a 
mile of Portsonachan in 1881. 
The eastern bay freezes in 
moderate winters. 
Earn 
287 
138 
Is never entirely frozen over. In 
1895 it was frozen round the 
shores. 
A-Ssynt . . . 
282 
101 
Was frozen over for about 4 miles 
from the north - west end in 
1895, but the south - east end 
never freezes over. 
Kannich 
282 
109 
Was frozen over in 1895. One 
correspondent informed me that 
it had a thin coating of ice one 
morning in March after a severe 
frost. 
Quoich . 
281 
105 
Frozen over in 1895, wlien sound- 
ings were made by boring holes 
in the ice. It has not been 
frozen since. 
Monar . 
260 
98 
Frozen over in 1881, 1891, 1895, 
and nearly so in 1897. 
Bhaid. Daraich 
121 
56 
Lies quite close to the sea, and has 
only been once frozen in the last 
thirty years, if my informant is 
correct. In consequence, the 
lake was supposed to be ex- 
tremely deep. 
Achilty . 
119 
52 
Referred to above ; was said by 
one correspondent to have been 
frozen only once within the last 
twelve years. Another corre- 
spondent informed me that a 
single night of sharp spring 
frost was enough to cover it 
with ice. 
It will be seen from the foregoing notes that the information 
received from various sources was not always consistent, and I cannot, 
of course, give any guarantee of its accuracy. Among the larger of 
the lakes about which no information was obtained I may mention, 
Lochs Shiel, Muick, Fada, Suainaval, Sheallag, etc. 
Information was obtained as to a number of other lakes, and this 
information is summarised in the following table : — 
