Gazetteer of Scotland

W iNTRODUCTION.
Lammermuir hills, in Berwickfhire ; the great ridge of hills, between LanarS
and Dumfries-fhires, from whence the great rivers of the S. of Scotland taki
their rife ; the Ochils, in Fife and Perthfliires ; and the Cheviot hills, on the
Englifti border. Of the individual mountains, the moft remarkable are noted
below, with their elevation.*
LAKES.
The lakes or lochs of Scotland are very numerous and extenfive. 1 Any at-
tempt to defcribe, or even to enumerate them, would greatly exceed the
limits of an Introduction ; but fuch is their picturefque beauty, and fo admir=
able is the fine fcenery with which they are furrounded, that fcarcely are the
happieft ftrokes of the moft Ikilful pencil, or the warmeft glow of poetic ert-
thufiafm, adequate to convey a full idea of the profpedts they afford. The
chief are, Loch Lomond, Loch Aiu.ov Ow, Loch Toy, Loch Nefs, Loch Shinj
Loch Lochaj, Loch Naver, Loch Lcven, &e.
RIVERS.
The rivers of Scotland are numerous ; and, defcending from fo elevated a
country to the fea, are in general rapid and precipitous. In a country of fo
fmall extent, and at the fame time fo mountainous, we cannot, indeed, expect
to find rivers equal to the Rhine or the Danube ; but when their rapidity,
and the ihortnefs of their courfe are kept in view, the Scottifh rivers are by
no means inconfiderable. In a level country like Germany, half the water
they difcharge would make very broad and deep rivers. Their rapid courfe
renders their banks very pidturefque ; the falls and innumerable cafcades
every where heightening the fcenery. In the northern divifion there are many
considerable rivers, particularly the Beaulie, Naver, Canon, &c. : but thefe are
by no means equal to thofe of the middle divifion, where' we have the Spey
* Bennevis, 43 70".
Cairngorm, 4030
Benlawers, ..... 4015
Benmore, 3907
Benglo, ....... 3725 [
Shechallion, .... 3564
Beindeirg, 3550 J>feet above the level of the fea„-
Benvoirlich, .... 3300
Benlomond, .... 326a
Benledi, 3009
Benivenow, ...... 3000
Benchochan^ .... 3000
&c. &c. j