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and Loch Quoich. It occupies the lower part of Glen Garry, and its 
lower end is only about 3 miles west of Invergarry on Loch Oich ; its 
direction is about due east and west. Glen Garry is at this part very 
open, the high hills, Ben Tee, a conspicuous pyramidal hill, 2936 feet 
in height, on the south, and Meall Dubh (2581 feet) and some lesser 
peaks on the north, being several miles distant. The sides of the 
valley rise gradually to the mountains, the lower slopes on both shores 
of the loch being densely wooded. 
Loch Garry is elongate, slightly curved, of nearly uniform breadth 
for the greater part of its length, but in the eastern part for a mile 
very irregular and shallow. Its length is 5 miles, its greatest breadth 
fully half a mile, and its mean breadth one-third of a mile. Its super- 
ficial area is about 1117 acres, or 1| square miles, and its contents 3794 
millions of cubic feet. The drainage area, including Lochs Quoich and 
Poulary, is 137 square miles. Besides the river Garry, which enters 
the loch at the west end, some large streams, coming down from the 
mountain-mass to the westward of Ben Tee, enter on the south, and 
many smaller streams on the north. Leaving the loch, the river Garry 
flows 3 miles to the east and enters Loch Oich at Invergarry. 
Loch Garry, at the date of the survey (May 2, 1903), was 257*0 feet 
above sea-level; the Ordnance Survey officers on July 2, 1869, found 
the elevation to be 257*8 feet above the sea. 
In the character of its basin Loch Garry closely resembles Loch 
Quoich, higher up in the same glen. The main part of the loch, fully 
miles long, is a simple basin. As in Loch Quoich, there is a large 
portion at the east end, one mile in length, which is quite distinct 
from the basin, and is of moderate depth. 
This eastern part is cut off from the main loch by a large, low, 
wooded promontory, called the Garbh Eilean (Rough island), and a 
sandy island (Eilean Ban), to the south-west of it. An irregular 
channel, varying from 9 feet to 18 feet in depth, leads to the small 
eastern basin, which has a small island at each end, and a narrow arm 
running to the north. This basin has a narrow area half a mile long, 
over 25 feet in depth, with a maximum depth of 43 feet. At the west 
end of Loch Garry a narrow offset runs for half a mile westward, 
with a depth of 5 feet at the mouth, and of 8 to 16 feet within. 
The main basin shallows greatly towards each end. The 50-feet and 
100-feet contours closely follow the shore, except at the ends. The 150- 
feet contour encloses but a narrow area If miles long. This is a good 
deal nearer the south shore in the greater part of its length, but for half 
a mile at its west end it recedes far from the south shore, where the 
slope from 100 to 150 feet is very gradual. A small isolated 150-feet 
area, based on a sounding in 159 feet, lies to the east of the main 
150-feet basin, the deepest sounding in the short interval between them 
being 146 feet. 
