THE FRESH-WATER LOCHS OF SCOTLAND. 
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trend, but from the bridge through the east loch to Glen Moriston it 
runs nearly due north-east. The east loch is much the longer, and is 
also deeper. 
The West Loch . — The west loch lies at a height of 719-0 feet above 
the sea. It is miles in length, with a maximum breadth of fully 
one-third of a mile, and a mean breadth of one-fifth of a mile. It 
consists of three expansions, all running south from the connecting 
channel, or, in other words, the north shore is unbroken, but two pro- 
montories break the south shore, separating the loch into three bays. 
The west bay is extremely shallow, with a maximum of 6 feet. Two 
islands lie off the mouth of the river, and round these and to the north 
the* loch is overgrown with weeds. The channel joining it with the 
mid bay has a minimum of 5 feet, but deepens to 9 feet in the east. 
The mid bay has also a maximum of 6 feet. The channel leading east 
from it is 12 feet deep. The eastern expansion deepens from west to 
east, the maximum of 19 feet being close to the shore. The area of the 
surface is about 153 acres, or a quarter of a square mile, and it receives 
the drainage of 16 square miles. It contains 40 million cubic feet 
of water. The river Loyne, of which the loch is merely a series of 
expansions, conveys the overflow to the east loch, half a mile distant 
and about 13 feet lower. 
The surface temperature on May 4, 1903, was 47°*7 Fahr. 
The East Loch . — East Loch Loyne is more than twice as long as 
the west loch, and is also about twice as deep, but it is much narrower. 
There are four principal expansions. The western expansion is ex- 
tremely shallow, having a maximum depth of 7 feet, and on the date of 
the survey, when the river was in flood, there was a strong current 
through. There is an island about the middle of it. The channel 
leading to the second expansion has a depth of 5 to 9 feet. The second 
expansion is very small, with a maximum depth of 21 feet, and is joined 
with the third basin by a channel 5 feet deep. The third basin is 
much the largest, and has more claim to be called a loch, being 1|- 
miles in length, with a maximum breadth of fully a quarter of a mile, 
and, but for some large and small islands towards the west end, is 
a simple basin, with contours parallel to the shore. The area over 
20 feet in depth is over half a mile long, with depths of 35 feet in two 
places — ^the maximum for the whole loch. The easternmost basin is 
narrow, two-thirds of a mile long, of uneven bottom, with greatest 
depths of 20 and 21 feet. The length of the east loch, taken in a 
straight line between the extreme points, is 2^ miles, the greatest 
breadth is little over a quarter of a mile, and the mean breadth is 
about one-seventh of a mile. 
The area of the surface is about 272 acres, or nearly half a square 
mile, the area draining into the loch being about 24 square miles, 
including the little Loch na Losguinn and West Loch Loyne. The 
