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be called the bloom of the mountains. There
are goats upon Benvenue which have become
wild, but are still considered private property.
The boatman supposed them to be about
forty. I wish they may be allowed to
multiply. The extirpation of wild beasts
from this island is one of the best proofs of
our advanced civilization, but in losing those
wild animals from which no danger could arise,
the country loses one of its great charms.
Over the entrance to the Inn yard at
Callander are two most unlionlike Lions
in stone, McNab's crest, the Lord of this
country, by whom the house was built.
McNab was asked one day by his friend
Lord Breadalbane for what those ugly figures
were placed there ; and he replied in allusion
to the feuds which had existed in old times
between the two families, "Just to frighten
the Campbells, I believe."
Sunday, August 22. — 14 miles to the head
of Loch Earn, by the military road up the
pass of Leney, where in all ordinary seasons
the Teith must be a powerful torrent, but
now it is nearly dry. Along the eastern
side of Loch Lubnaig, which is about five
miles in length — the opposite shore is at