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CALLANDER—VICINITY.
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The river Teith, which here, and in the whole of this dis¬
trict, forms so conspicuous an object in the landscape, has the
honour of contributing greatly to the picturesque scenery of
Perthshire. It has two sources in the Braes of Balquhidder,
from which, descending in two streams, it extends itself on the
one side into Lochs Katrine, Achray, and Yenachar, and on the
other into Lochs Doine, Veil, and Lubnaig. These two branches
unite at Callander, and inclose a triangular-shaped mountainous
tract called the forest of Glenfinglass. From Callander it runs
with great rapidity to join the Forth near Stirling.
BENLKDI (FROM CALLANDER BRIDGE).
A conspicuous object in the landscape at Callander is the
vast mass of Benledi. This mountain, according to trigono¬
metrical survey, is 2381 feet above the mean level of the sea.