Gazetteer of Scotland

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on l"hc diftiliation of whifky to a con-
siderable extent. There are feveral
remains of ancient religious edifices,
and on the banks of the Tiunmel are
the ruins of an old fortified cattle,
faid to have been the refidence of Ro-
bert II. after he gave up the adminif-
tration of the government to his bro-
ther the Duke of Albany. Near it
was found feveral ancient coins, par-
ticularly a medal of Trajan. The
rocks are chiefly compofed of mica-
ceous granite, interfperfed with ftrata
of limeftone. Petrified wood is occa-
fionally dug up from the moffes. In
1 79 1, the population was a zoo ; de-
creafe 287 fince 1755.
LOG1E-WESTER; a parifh in
Rofs-fhire, united to the parifh of Ur-
quhart. Vide Urquhart and Lo-
cie-Wester.
Lo 1 g h ; a river in Rofs-fhire, which
difcharges itfelf into Locb Long, an
arm of the fea, which forms the north-
ern boundary of the peninfula of Kin-
tail.
Lomond (Ben). Vide BEN-LO-
MOND.
Lomond Hillsj two beautiful
conical hills in Fifefhire, fituated near-
ly in the center of that county, and
vifible at a confiderable diftance. The
Eaftern Lomond, which is the moil
regular and beautiful, is about 1650
feet above the level of the town of
Falkland, which is fituated at its bafe.
It feems to have been fortified ; and
on its fummit is a fmall lake, which
has the appearance of the crater of an
extinct volcano: this hill contains lime-
ftone and coal ; and a vein of lead has
been lately opened, with great hopes of
fuccefs. The Weftern Lomond, which
is considerably higher, has on its top
a large cairn, or heap of loofe ffones.
Lomond (Loch); a lake in Dum-
bartonfhire, which for its extent,' and
the grandeur of its fcenery and pro-
fpecls, is undoubtedly fuperior to any
in Great Britain. This magnificent
cxpanfe of water is about 30 meafured
miles in length, and in fome places
exceeds 8 or 9 in breadth ; and its fmv
face contains upwards of 20,000 acres
of water. It has about 30 iflands fcat-
tered over it, 1 1 of which are of con-
fiderable fize. The names of thefe
are Incb-Murln, Incb-Ta-vanacb, Inch-
Grange, lncb-Tor, Incb-Caillaicb, Incb-
(Jfear, Inch-Fad, fycb-Conagan, Inch-
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Moan, Inclj-Lcanig, and Incb-Cruirr*
There are feveral others, but they are
not remarkable, either for fize or any
other circumflance. The depth of the
lake is very various : in the fouthern
extremity it feldom exceeds 20 fa-
thoms ; but, near the N. end, it is in
fome places nearly 100 fathoms, which
is probably the greateft depth of the
lake. The mod confiderable ftream
which runs into the lake is the End-
rick, which falls into it on the S. E. ;
and on the W. fide it receives the wa-
ters of the Uglas, the Lufs, the Fruin,
the Falloch, and other fmaller rivulets:
it difcharges itfelf at its fouthern ex-
tremity by the river Lei<j;i. which foils
into the Frith of Clyde at Dumbarton.
The natural woods, growing on its
banks and on its iflands, confift chiefly
of oak, afh, holly, birch, mountain-aih,
hazel, afpen, alder, yew, larix, haw-
thorn, and willows. The other indi-
genous plants are common to other
parts of the Highlands ; but feveral are
to be found which are accounted rare.
It abounds with delicious trout, and
the fouthern part of it abounds with
falmon. In feveral places are feen ruins
of houfes under the furface of the
Water, which would feem to (hew that
the water is higher than it formerly
was, and is confequently gaining upon
the ground. Cambden alfo defcribes
an ifland as exifting in his day, called
Camjiradden, which is now covered
with water to the depth of 2 or 3 fa-
thoms. This rife is occafioned by the
fand brought down by the mountain
torrents, damming up the water near
the mouth of the Leven, Some years
ago, at the requeft of feveral of the
neighbouring proprietors, Mr. Gal-
borne furveyed the lake, in order to
plan feme relief from the encroach?
ment of the water : he propofed to
make a conftant navigation on the Le-
ven, by deepening the channel, and
cutting through a neck or two of its
curvatures, which would give the wa-
ter greater velocity : this would be
the means of allowing the inhabitants,
on the borders of the lake, to bring
to market their flates, timber, bark,
Sec. at all feafons. and to import coal
and other neceffaries ; but alfo, by
lowering the furface of the lake, would
recover fome thoufands of acres of ex-
cellent land, now covered with the
water. The common people in the
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