GLEN-MO RE-IS TOON. 
T' , E r ‘ de from h " Jtn ‘f s to Fort Augujtus, by the north fide of Loch-tufs, is no 
lefs pidturefque and amufing than that on the fouth. The firft ft age is in the 
a ant valley o t Glen-Urquhart, where the loch widens into a bay; the next is in 
* n - m °re-iJioon , i. e. " The Valley offteep Rocks.” 
thof here 1S 4 natlve wddnefs in thcfe charadteriftic appellations, which diftinguilhes 
fomeri em ° te r dlftn£lS n0 than the rugged a PP eara nce of the fcenery ; and implies 
Veil; 1Ing an origin£d ftate of country, which enhances the entertainment of tra- 
thefri 1 r ° USh 1C ' The m0Untains which form the boundary of the loch between 
n 0 ki g , S L J are lofty> rugged > and precipitous; the declivities from the cliffs are 
chan , thed WUh tImber 5 3midft thefe the torrents > Naming in their deep-worn 
by the, ' r th0 “8 h 'W « ever commanding 
which ftews itf ' lf "><>« remarkably among the trees, is called Aik- 
J t ’ , . ^ he Stream °f Flrs where it falls from the cliffs, a ftone arch is thrown over 
Uch the 7 call Trochet-ne-creiketrenijh , « The Bridge of the Rock of Woods.” 
’Y'l 
°Pen e Craggy fr0nt of the one m0llntain which bounds Ghn-mre-iJtoon , where it 
glen S ’ t0 Loch ~ ne f J ’ conhfting of vaft cliffs of horrid grandeur frowning over the 
andh' S u Ca Cd Crai S; Kinian > " The Giants Rock.” On the other fide, a very fteep 
th ea ' g u lU> tQwering u P into a P eak of rock, projefting to the fouth, has received 
it mav r atl ° n Stroan ' Muich > " The Swine’s Snout;” though it is very probable 
y iurpafs the compafs of the traveller’s fancy to trace the refemblance. 
inJ s n tbe ° pemng into Glen-more-iftocn there is an extenfive range of regular build- 
an* 3 inlV * C - ° ne * S ratker f ur P r Ted to find in fo wild and remote a fituation. It was 
ra £erh ^ ° f thC tmfteeS f ° r the rnana £ etnent of the forfeited eftates, to encou- 
atld o J e , mduftr - V ofthe Hi g h l™d laffes, to inftrudt them in a fuperior ftile of fpinning 
them th Cr K° mCftiC ° n P ur P°f e to render their time of greater value, and fhew 
further^. ene ^ ts dd *g ence and activity — a leflon they ftill want much to learn * 
the f eat C ^ lldln S s are now only ufelefs monuments of a laudable defign, and are not 
re nder then ^ con ^ ldera ^ e m anufadture, which fuitable attention might certainly 
S<9 
E 2 
The 
