THE FRESH- WATEE LOCHS OF SCOTLAND. 
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LOCHS OF THE LUCE BASIN. 
The area draining into Luce bay, on the south coast of Scotland, in- 
cludes seven lochs which were sounded by the Lake Survey, viz. Lochs 
Magillie, Soulseat, Cults, Eee,' Whitefield, Eldrig, and White Loch of 
Myrton. The three first-mentioned lochs drain by the Pitlanton burn into 
the head of Luce bay near Glenluce, while Loch Bee lies farther to the 
north, near the eastern shore of Loch Byan, and drains by the Penwherran 
burn into the water of Luce, the three last-mentioned lochs draining, each 
by an independent stream, into Luce bay on its eastern side. 
Loch Magillie (see Plate XXXIX.). — A very small oblong loch, situated 
150 yards to the north of Soulseat Loch. It is surrounded by fields, and 
has stony shores. It is nearly a quarter of a mile long and one-tenth of a 
mile broad. The greater part of the bottom is covered by 7 feet of water, 
or less, deepening slightly towards the east shore, close to which is the 
maximum depth of 14 feet. The mean depth is over 5 feet, the area 
about 12 acres, and the volume 3 millions of cubic feet. The drainage 
area is about one-third of a square mile. There is no apparent outflow, 
but the water is supposed to percolate through the gravel to Loch 
Soulseat. When surveyed on August 21, 1903, the surface was feet 
above Loch Soulseat, or 43’ 7 feet above sea-level. The temperature at the 
surface was 61°-2 Fahr., and at 10 feet 61°*0. 
Loch Soulseat (see Plate XXXIX.). — Soulseat Loch lies half a mile 
south-west of Castle Kennedy station on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire 
railway. It is surrounded by fields, and in form is irregular, being 
divided into two portions by a wooded promontory, on which are the ruins 
of Soulseat abbey. The length is over half a mile, and the greatest 
breadth over a quarter of a mile. The constriction at the promontory is 
16 feet deep, the basin on the north has the maximum dej)th of A2 feet 
near the north shore, while the southern basin is shallower, with a depth 
of 30 feet near the east shore. The mean depth is over 15 feet, the area 
71 acres, and the volume 47 millions of cubic feet. The drainage area, 
including Loch Magillie, is 1^ square miles. The Soulseat burn flows 
south about 2 miles into the Pitlanton burn. The surface, on August 20, 
1903, was 39‘1 feet above sea-level, nearly identical with the elevation 
determined by the Ordnance Survey on June 8, 1893, viz. 39‘0 feet. The 
