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GLENCROE—LOCH-GOIL.
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the head of Loch Long, and, crossing the water of Taing, enters
Argyleshire. It then skirts the western shore of the loch,
until it turns to the right at Ardgarten House (Campbell,
Esq.)
The traveller now enters Glencroe, a desolate hut magnifi¬
cent glen, about six miles in length, guarded on the right by
the bold and grotesque peak of Ben Arthur. A steep path
conducts to the summit of the pass, where there is a stone
seat, with the inscription “ Rest and be thankful,” beautifully
alluded to in one of Wordsworth’s sonnets—
“ Doubling and doubling with laborious walk,
Who, that has gain’d at length the wish’d-for Height,
This brief, this simple way-side Call can slight.
And rest not thankful.”
Passing, on the left, a small sheet of water called Loch
Restal, the road now gradually descends to the lonely valley
of Glenkinglas. At the distance of about three miles further,
the tourist is gladdened with a view of Loch Fyne, and on the
left passes the triple-turreted castle of Ardkinglass (Callander,
Esq.) It is not known when this stronghold was first built,
but there is evidence of its having been repaired in 1586. The
modem residence of the family is at a short distance from the
castle.
We now reach Cairndow Inn, where there is a ferry of
miles across Loch Fyne to Inverary. Continuing round the head
of Loch Fyne, five miles further, and almost exactly opposite
Ardkinglass, are the ruins of Dunderaw Castle, a large strong
tower of an irregular form, with small turrets above the angles
in the walls. Above the gate is the following inscription :—
I5g6.— I . MAN . BEHOLD . THE . END . OF . ALL . BKNOUGHT,
WISER . THAN . THE . THIESTES . I . TRUST . IN . GOD.
It is built close to the sea, from which it must usually
have been approached. From this the tourist winds again
round Strome Point, and crossing the river Shira, that comes
down from the glen of the same name, reaches Inverary.
Loch-Goil
is an arm of the sea, six miles in length by from one to two
in breadth, which branches off from Loch Long in a north¬
westerly direction at Argyle’s Bowling-Green. Upon both