Plate IX. — An example to show that the area of culfcivation by the steep 
sides of the larger highland lochs is restricted to the lower slopes of the 
mountains. A view across Loch Tay from Kepranich looking N.W. The two 
crofts — Wester and Easter Cloanlawers — are seen on the opposite side of the 
loch, which is here two-thirds of a mile wide. The small area of cultivation is 
easily distinguished by the dykes which enclose the fields ; the lighter patches 
near the houses are oat-fields. The lower hill on the left with a few coniferous 
trees is Creag Dhubh, behind which appears Ben Lawers, the mountain on the 
right being Meall Garbh. The trees on Creag Dhubh were mostly blown down 
by the great storm of November 1893, those seen in this picture being the 
survivors (mcZe p. 161 and Plate IV.). 
