THE fresh- WATER LOCHS OF SCOTLAND. 
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Rannoch Moor Lochs . — No coach road in Britain probably passes 
through more magnificent scenery than that between the Bridge of 
Orchy and Ballachulish. About half-way between Inveroran Hotel and 
King’s House Hotel the river Ba crosses the road, and to the west lies 
Corrie Ba, the sanctuary of the Black Mount forest, where no shot is 
ever fired, and consequently this splendid corrie is the home of the deer, 
the golden eagle, the fox, and other wild animals. Here also is the 
most westerly source of the rivers of the Tay basin. In rainy weather 
a large amount of water passes down the river Ba and other streams 
into the moor of Bannoch, and about a mile or two to the eastward of 
the road a large extent of the moor is flooded, and presents the 
riG. 15. — MOOR or rannoch, showing loch buidhe and lochan na stainge. 
(Photograiyh by Sir John Mitrr'ay.) 
appearance of a vast lake. In drier weather there are distinct basins, 
which have received the names of Loch Buidhe, Lochan na Stainge, 
Lochan na h-Achlaise, and Loch Ba (or A-baw), all of them situated 
in drift and encumbered with rocks and small islands ; they are all 
shallow. These lochs all contain trout, and have boats on them ; they 
belong to the Marquis of Breadalbane, and are strictly preserved. On 
Eilean Molach in Loch Ba the heron still breeds in large numbers, and 
formerly the osprey used to breed in the same place. In making the 
survey of these lochs, the staff were much obliged to Mr. MHntyre, the 
head stalker to the Marquis of Breadalbane. 
