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38 JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN SCOTLAND
pages), he says, "Aye, that's because of the
high stile."
After breakfast we proceeded by a fine
mountain pass of eight miles to Killin, which
is near the head of Loch Tay. About seven
miles of the distance are by the Military
Road, upon which we entered at Callander,
and for which as bound by duty and by
rhyme, we blest General Wade. That road
strikes off on the left towards Fillan and
Tyandrum, up the vale where the Dochart
comes down. Some mile or two before we
reached Killin the Lion Mountains opened
upon us — a little in their first appearance like
the Mythen-berg behind Schweitz : four or
five of their fine summits have a strong
family likeness. The Dochart is now almost
dry, at other times the scene by the two
bridges must be exceedingly grand, when the
wide torrent rolls down that rockery bed.
Close by is the entrance to M'Nab's burial
ground. A personage of this name was one
of the last Highland Lairds who kept up the
genuine unmitigated character, and he told
the Lady whom he was wooing, among the
other agreable things of which he invited her
to partake, that he had the finest burial
ground in the highlands. A very fine one