Ossian Collection > Sketches descriptive of picturesque scenery, on the southern confines of Perthshire

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the water-horfe of Loehvenachar. Often
did he alfo fwell the torrent or lake, be-
yond irs ufiial limits, to overwhelm the
haplefs traveller in the flood.
Of the Ourisks fomething has been-
faid already. They were fuppofed, to be
of a condition fomewhat intermediate, be-
tween that of mortal men and fpirits.
They were generally inclined to mifchief ^
but, by kind treatment, were often pre-
vailed with to be very ferviceable to the
family which they haunted ; and by
which they were accordingly confidered
as an acquifition. Their grand rendez-
vous was in Benivenow : Coirre nan Urijk'm
merits the notice of the Traveller, befides,
for its magnificent fcenery.
DAOINE