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PEKTHSHIKE—ABERPOYLE.
It was occupied down to the period of the Revolution, when a
curious inventory of its contents throws light on the habits
of the aristocracy of the period. The “ brew-house chamber”
was decorated with a red table-cloth and a “ red scarlet resting
chair.” The warmth of this chamber was a commodity not to
be wasted, and it appears that several of the bed-rooms were
clustered round it. The possessors of this feudal fortalice had
their garden on the isle of the Priory, and their pleasure-
grounds on the neighbouring shore, which is still beautifully
adorned with oak, Spanish chestnut, and plane trees of ancient
growth. Some of the chestnuts are seventeen feet in circum¬
ference at six feet above the ground, and must be above three
centuries old. Gartmore House (Graham, Esq.) lies to the
west, and Rednock House, the seat of General Graham Stir¬
ling, to the east of the lake.
Proceeding westward, at the distance of four miles, the
traveller reaches
ABERFOYLE,
the scene of so many of the incidents in the novel of Rob Roy, *
and where the tourist will find a good inn (The Bailie Nicol