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CALLANDER TO LAKE MENTEITH, ETC.
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If he have found the proper direction, he will see the wild twisted crags
of Ben Arthur to the westward, and will be cheered by observing beneath
his feet the sullen dark waters of the upper reach of Loch Lomond, while
through the openings on the left he has traced the graceful outlines of
its summit. From King’s House to Glen Falloch is a stiff walk, partly over
very rough and high ground, of about twenty miles, and whoever under¬
takes it should know himself to be competent for its difficulties. In the
upper part, he will not even find a footpath. He must remember, too,
there is no bridge over the Falloch. It is shallow near the inn, where
there are stepping-stones; but, should the season be wet and the waters
swollen, there are many chances of his not getting over to the inn so
temptingly close to him after all his exertions—a calamity of occasional
occurrence to the wanderer in the Highlands. It should also be re¬
membered that, a little way up the glen, the Falloch is at all times a wild
stream, tumbling over rocks into remorseless holes.
CALLANDER TO LAKE MENTEITH, ABERFOYLE,
AND LOCH ARD.
Miles.
Cross Callander Bridge.
If First road to right.
3 Loch Ruskie on left.
4 Rednock Castle ruins on right.
4| Four roads meet, and gate to Rednock
House; take road to right.
5 J Port and Church of Menteith on left,
where a boat may be got for sailing
on the Lake.
7 Head of Loch—two roads meet; keep
road to right. From this point
there is a beautiful view of the Lake.
7i Two roads meet; keep road to right.
10 Aberfoyle on right—River Forth on
left.
12 Loch Ard, foot—Ben Lomond in front.
15 Head of Loch.
17 Loch Chon, foot.
21 Loch Arklet, from which the tourist
may go either to
21J Loch Katrine, eastwards on right, or
26 Inversnaid, Loch Lomond, westwards,
to the left.
The district of Menteith, only a few miles to the south of
the Trosachs, comprehends a range of scenery little inferior in
beauty. It contains the lakes of Menteith, Loch Ard, and
Loch Chon.
The lake of Menteith is a circular sheet of water, about
five miles in circumference, adorned with ancient woods. It
possesses an aspect of placid beauty rather than of grandeur,
and the forms of the surrounding hills are neither bold nor
striking, but present a gentle undulating line to the eye of the
spectator.