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(Quoich and Garry) exceed 200 feet in depth, and three other lochs 
(Oich, Clunie, and nan Lann) exceed 100 feet in depth, while no fewer 
than twelve others include depths exceeding 50 feet. 
The basin lies almost entirely in Inverness-shire, but a small portion 
of Hoss-shire extends within the basin on its western border, the 
boundary-line running along the centre of West Loch Loyne and for a 
short distance along the centre of East Loch Loyne, and thence turning 
northward it crosses Loch Clunie in its central part ; thus Lochs Loyne 
and Clunie lie partly in Hoss-shire and partly in Inverness-shire, while 
the little Loch Beag, at the west end of Loch Clunie, is the only one 
lying wholly in Hoss-shire. The scenery of the basin is varied, and as 
fine as anything to be seen in the Scottish Highlands : towards the north 
the ground is low, but proceeding southwards it becomes more elevated, 
culminating on the south-western borders in several giant peaks exceed- 
ing 3000 feet in height, and on the south-eastern borders in mountains 
slightly less elevated. The district is a veritable sportsman’s paradise, 
the deer-forests, grouse-moors, and fishings (both in river and loch) being 
of the best. Trout abound in nearly every loch, with salmon and salmo 
ferox in some of the larger lochs, and char in some of the smaller 
lochs lying to the east of Loch Ness; the fishing in most of the lochs 
is preserved. 
Loch Ness (see Plates XCI. and XCII.). — Loch Ness formed the 
subject of discussion at a meeting of the Hesearch Department of the 
Hoyal Geographical Society on January 18, 1904, and preliminary 
notes on the bathymetry, temperatures, and seiches were published in 
the Journal in October 1904.* Since then many temperature and 
seiche observations and supplementary soundings have been taken, and 
the preliminary measurements and calculations have been carefully 
revised, the final results being given here. Loch Ness is one of the best 
known of the larger Scottish lochs, since it forms a considerable part 
(nearly one-half) of the waterway known as the Caledonian canal, 
which occupies the great glen running in a north-east and south-west 
direction from the Moray firth on the east coast of Scotland to Loch 
Linnhe on the west coast, thus cutting Scotland into two portions. 
Through the Caledonian canal thousands of visitors are carried each 
season on the route between Inverness and Fort William, and the 
splendid scenery of the canal and surrounding district has furnished a 
theme for many pens. The absence of islands on Loch Ness is a striking 
characteristic, and gives a touch of monotony to the grand and sombre 
scene, as one sails up or down ; the little Cherry island, lying at the 
opening of Inchnacardoch bay near the head of the loch, is invisible 
except at close quarters. Castle Urquhart, on its rocky headland at 
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