THE FRESH-WATER LOCHS OF SCOTLAND. 
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basin is nearly 2 ^ miles in length, distant about three-quarters of a mile 
from the two ends of the loch, while the 100-feet basin is over 3 miles, and 
the 50-feet basin miles, in length. The two lines of soundings at the north- 
west end of the loch show slight irregularities of the bottom, so that the 
50-feet and 100-feet contour-lines become somewhat sinuous in character. 
A line of soundings taken about a mile from the south-east end shows a 
FIG. 2. — INDEX MAP OP THE LAXFOED, SCOURIE, BADCALL, AND DUARTMOBE BASINS. 
very slight undulation in deep water, a sounding in 220 feet having on one 
side 225 feet and on the other 234 feet. The areas between the consecutive 
contour-lines, and the percentages to the total area, are as follows : — 
Feet. 
0 to 100 
Acres. 
408 
Per cent. 
43-6 
100 „ 200 
.. 
254 
27-1 
200 „ 300 
• •• 
. • • • e 
232 
24-8 
over 300 
.. 
43 
4-5 
937 
100-0 
