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120 fathoms, but in the fouth divilion it is not generally 
much above fourteen fathoms. The northern and deeper 
part of this lake is never covered with ice even in the fe- 
vereit frofts ; but fouth from Lufs it is often frozen over 
fo completely, that not only men but loaded horfes can 
pafs over it to the different iflands in perfect fafety. Loch 
Lomond is fupplied with water from feveral rivers, befides 
fmaller ftreams from the mountains. It has, however, 
but one way of difcharging itfelf, and this is the reafon 
why it fwells in wet feafons even fo high as fix feet above 
its ufual level. Fifli are caught here in great abundance, 
particularly falmon-trout, eels, and perch, as likewife a 
fifh called pollock, which relembles in appearance and fla¬ 
vour the large herrings. 
The beauties of this lake have often been the fubjeft 
of defcription, both in poetry and profe. Thefe feem 
chiefly to arife from the woods in its vicinity, the number 
and variety of its iflands, and the near approach of the 
terrific Grampians, which afford a llriking contralt to the 
more placid fcenery immediately adjacent. At the Houfe 
of Cameron, placed at the fouthern extremity of the lake, 
the whole charms of this delightful expanfe are in full 
view. After pafling this mantion, the road fkirts along 
the weftern bank, fometimcs lofing itfelf among the natu¬ 
ral foliage that clothes the brow of the mountains, and 
at other times emerging into a more free fpace ; thereby 
prefenting in fucceflion a variety of views of the lake, 
iflands, and neighbourhood, highly captivating and de¬ 
lightful. 
The iflands in Loch Lomond, fmall and great, are ufu- 
ally reckoned to be thirty in number. Molt of them are 
finely wooded, hut not above ten are of any confiderable 
fize. The principal ones are the property of the duke of 
Montrofe and fir James Colquhoun of Lufs. Inchcail/oc/i, 
or the Ifland of Old Women, fo called from a nunnery 
formerly there, was at one time the (cite of the church of 
Buchanan in Stirlingfhire. Inchnuirin is the molt valua¬ 
ble ifland in the lake, and has a deer-park belonging to 
the duke of Montrofe. The ifland of Inch-tavanach, i. e. 
the Ifland of the Monk’s Houfe, derives its name from 
the circumltance of a monk having fixed his refidence 
here at a very remote period. The other iflands are not 
deferving of particular notice, except as all contributing, 
by the beauty of their verdure, to render the whole fce- 
nery more intereftingand varied than it othei wife would be. 
Loch Lomond has long been celebrated for three won¬ 
ders; “fifh without fins, waves without wind, and a float¬ 
ing ifland.” The fifh without fins are manifeftly vipers, 
which abound here in great plenty, and fometimes fwim 
from one ifland to another. Waves without wind are 
common to this lake, with all extenfive deep waters, when 
a calm immediately fucceeds a ftorm. The floating ifland 
is now fixed near the weft fhore of the I tie of Inchcona- 
gan ; and, if it ever did float, mult he confidered as a 
mofly fragment bound together by the matted roots of 
coarfe grafFes, willows, Dutch myrtles, See. The waters 
of this lake are fuppofed to be riling in height. Acrofs 
the channel of a ltream called Fallocb, at the northern 
extremity, there is a number of (tones fixed regularly, 
and evidently intended for enabling paftengers to crofs 
from one fide to the other, which are now however co¬ 
vered with at lead five feet of water. Near the middle of 
the bay of Camftraddan, when the water is low, there is 
a heap of ftones vifible, which is faid to have formerly 
compofed the refidenceof the Colquhouns of Camltraddan. 
Camden, in his Atlas Britannica, mentions an ifland ex- 
ifting here in his day, with a houfe and garden upon it. 
About five miles to the fouth of this heap of ftones there 
is another, faid to be the ruins of an ancient church : the 
field oppolite to it is ft ill called Church-field. At the 
time of the great earthquake at Lilbon in 1755, the wa¬ 
ters of this lake, were agitated in a lingular manner. 
Loch Lomond is twenty-four miles weft of Stirling, and 
twelve ealt of Inverary, Lat. 56. 3. N, Ion. of the fouth 
extremity, 4. 30. W. 
LOCH LONG', a bay on the weft coaft of Scotland, 
and county of Argyle, fifteen miles long and one wide, 
between Loch Fine and Loch Lomond. Lat. 55. 59. N. 
Ion. of the entrance, 4. 38. 
LOCH LOSA'VA, a bay on the fouth-weft coaft of the 
ifland of Lewis. Lat. 57. 54. N. Ion. 6. 53. W. 
LOCH LOU'NG, a north branch of Loch Duich. 
LOCH of the LOW'S, a lake of Scotland, in the 
county of Selkirk : thirteen miles fouth-weft of Selkirk. 
LOCH LOY'AL, a lake on the north coait of Scotland, 
and county of Sutherland, five miles long : two miles 
fouth of Tongue. 
LOCH LUI'CHART, a lake of Scotland, in the county 
of Rofs: eleven miles weft of Dingwall. 
LOCH LYD'OCFI, a lake of Scotland, in the county 
of Perth : five miles weft of George’s Town. 
LOCH LY'ON, a lake of Scotland, in the county of 
Perth : ten miles fouth-weft of George’s Town. 
LOCH MAD'DY, a lake of Scotland, in the county 
of Invernefs, five miles long, and half a mile wide : fe- 
venteen miles north-north-weft of Fort Augultus. 
LOCH MAHA'AKE, a lake of Scotland, in the county 
of Perth -. five miles north-welt of Dumblane. 
LOCH MA'RE, a bay on the north coaft of Scotland, 
about eleven miles long and two broad, full of iflands. 
To the north it communicates with PluckartBay and 
Loch Eve. Lat. 57. 34. N. Ion. of the inland extremity, 
5. 16. W. 
LOCH MER'K, a lake of Scotland, in the county of 
Perth : feven miles north of Blair Athol. 
LOCH MICK'LY, a lake of Scotland, in the county 
of Invernefs: thirteen miles north-north-ealt of P’ort Au- 
guftus. 
LOCH MIL'FORD, or Loch Mel'ford, a fafe road 
or harbour, on the weft coaft of Scotland, much fre¬ 
quented by herrings. Lat. 56.16. N. Ion. 5. 32. W. 
LOCH MINGA'RY, a bay on the north-weft coaft of 
Mull. Lat. 56. 37. N. Ion. 6. 10. W. 
LOCH MO'AN, a lake of Scotland, in the north-weft: 
part of the county of Kircudbright; eighteen miles north- 
weft of New Galloway. 
LOCH MOCH'RUM, a lake of Scotland, in the county 
of Wigton : feven miles weft of Wigton. 
LOCH MO'NAR, a lake of Scotland, in the county of 
Rofs, fix miles long, and half a mile wide. 
LOCH MONTE'ITH, a lake in the vicinity of Loch 
Lomond, about five miles in circumference, with two 
woody ifles, one prefenting the ruins of a monaflery, the 
other thole of acaftle of the old earls of Monteith. 
LOCH MOO'RN, a lake of Scotland, in the north-weft: 
part of the county of Rofs : nine miles north of Dingwall. 
LOCH MO'RE, a large bay on the weft coaft of Scot¬ 
land, and county of Rofs. This is in the northern part 
of Loch Broom : nine miles ealt of Udrigil Head. Lat. 
57. 54. N. Ion. 5. 8. W. 
LOCH MOR'RER, a bay on the weft coaft of Scotland, 
in the county of Invernefs, ten miles long, and half a 
mile wide : fixteen miles north-weft of p'ort William. 
Lat. 56. 56. N. Ion. of the mouth, 5. 50. W. 
LOCH MOY', a lake of Scotland, in the connty of 
Invernefs, near a town of the lame name : nine miles 
fouth-eali of Invernefs. 
LOCH MOY'DART, a bay of Scotland, between the 
counties of Argyle and Invernefs : four miles weft of 
Ardimnifti Point. Lat. 56. 47. N. Ion. 5. 50. W. 
LOCH NAGAU'L, a bay on the weft coaft of the ifland 
of Mull. Lat. 56. 30. N. Ion. 6. 8. W. 
LOCH NAMAD'DY, a bay on the eaft coaft of North 
Uilt. Lat. 57. 35. N. Ion, 7. 7. W. 
LOCH NA'VER, a lake in the north part of Scotland, 
twelve miles in circumference : twenty-eight miles north- 
north-weft of Dornoch. 
LOCH NELL', a lake of Scotland, in the county of 
Argyle: feventeen miles north-weft of Inverary. 
LOCH NESS', a lake of Scotland, in the county of In- 
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