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Loch-Goil branches off in a north-westerly direction from Loch-long. On a rock overlooking the western coast, are the remains of the Castle of Carrickonce a royal residence, but burnt by the Atholl men, and now reduced to a mass of ruins. Loch-goil, it will be remembered, is the scene of the pathetic ballad, by Campbell, of "Lord Ullin's Daughter;"*-a poem of unrivalled beauty, and in which the effects of the storm are vividly depicted.

During the memorable invasion of Scotland by Haco, king of Norway, in 1264, a squadron of sixty ships, or galleys, commanded by Magnus, king of Mona-the Isle of Man-sailed up Loch-long; and, dragging their boats across the isthmus connecting it with Loch-lomond, launched upon the latter, laying waste its shores and islands, in which many of the neighbouring inhabitants had found, as they supposed, a secure refuge. This is the country of the Macfarlanes, the ancient lords of the soil; and at the head of the lake is Lochsluagh, where the numerous retainers of these chieftains were wont to assemble. Near the latter was once a fir plantation, says tradition, to which, on occasion of some clannish feud, the men of Atholl repaired, and lay in ambush to surprise the chief of the Macfarlanes: but his son Duncan being apprised of it, surrounded the plantation on a Sunday evening, and setting fire to it, consumed the Atholl men in the flames. The mansion-house of this ancient chief is now converted into an inn.

DUNBARTON-SHIRE, OR, THE LENNOX.

"How wide the lake in limpid beauty smiles

Round the green yews that shade the Lomond isles, &c.

See, old Alclutha to the sight displays

Her rock, impregnable in ancient days!

From the broad stream its whitening summits rise,
Like famed Parnassus, towering to the skies."

CLYDE, a Poem.

LOCH-LOMOND, so justly considered one of the most picturesque lakes in the world, lies principally in Dunbartonshire. It is nearly thirty miles long, and at its southern end, eight or ten miles broad; but towards its northern extremity, its breadth is contracted to less than a mile. Its depth varies from sixty to six

Having some doubts on this subject, we consulted our friend Mr. Campbell whether this lake was the poetical one, and were happy to have his confirmation before applying to it the stamp of classic ground.

hundred feet. Thirty islands, mostly habitable and of various dimensions, are scattered over its surface; some rising to a considerable height, and most of the larger ones finely shaded with wood. Of the latter, Inch-murrin, upwards of a mile and a half in length, is used by the duke of Montrose as a deer-park, and when we last saw it, maintained an abundant herd. Inch-lonaig, another island about a mile long, is converted to a similar purpose by the proprietor, Sir James Colquhoun, of Luss, Bart. The waters of this lake are supposed to have increased very considerably during the lapse of ages; and in Camstradden Bay, more than a hundred yards from the shore, the ruins of submerged houses are said to be still visible under water. In former times Loch-lomond was superstitiously renowned for three wonders, "waves without wind, fish without fins, and a floating island." To the last of these Wilson alludes in his " Clyde"—

"That charming isle the distant sight deceives,

Which floats like Delos on the ambient waves;
Where Delos' god, deceived, first pours his beams—

The dome so like his ancient temple seems."

Among the finest points of view which present themselves on the borders of this magnificent lake, are those beneath Tarbet, from Inveruglas, with Ben-lomond in the distance, from the head of the lake looking southward, (as ably delineated in the annexed engravings,) and from the village of Luss. The lake is now daily traversed by commodious steam-vessels, the decks of which will afford tourists the best station for enjoying its grand and imposing scenery.

Like that of some other Highland lakes, the surface of Loch-lomond often displays what is termed the blue belt, the usual precursor of storms, and caused by that unequal agitation of the atmosphere in the vicinity of lofty mountains, which produces a corresponding inequality on the surface of the water. On this cause also depends one of the "wonders" above mentioned, namely, "waves without wind." During the great earthquake at Lisbon, as already noticed, the surface of this lake was thrown into violent agitation, and a boat carried forty yards beyond the ordinary limits of the water's edge. As we proceed northward, the breadth of the lake gradually diminishes, so that its finely wooded banks are seen to still greater advantage. To the right towers the colossal mass of Ben-lomond, the summit of which commands one of the most extensive and highly diversified prospects in Europe-a prospect in which Nature is contemplated in her wildest and most awful form. From this point, all the principal mountains of Scotland, and no less than nineteen lakes, are visible. So extensive, indeed, is the view, that it is hardly possible to convey even a faint idea of it in description, or to express the feelings of astonishment that take possession of the mind when we are so

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