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the main-land to the island, and another from the island to the opposite side. The river rolls with a rapid descent over the naked rock, shooting up in numerous distinct masses all along the course of the stream, which, infuriated by the obstruction, dashes down under the bridges with tremendous violence, and a noise which is apt to terrify horses unaccustomed to objects of this description. The animals have stopped, trembled, and reared, and appeared ready to spring over the low walls or parapets at the sides: an addition to the height of these walls would therefore undoubtedly be a considerable improvement in the structure of these bridges. At the entrance upon the second or southern bridge, a piece of wall, about six feet high, is raised on the left, in which there is a small gate with iron bars, through which is seen a path leading to an enclosure with a mount or hillock in the middle, thickly covered with pine trees, situate at the lower end of the island, near the point where the united streams of the Dochart and Lochy fall into the lake. This place, which might readily be mistaken for a druidical grove, is the burial-place of the chiefs of the family or clan of Macnab. It is customary with the great highland families to have upon their estates exclusive burial-places for themselves and their relations, distinct from

the church-yards or common burial grounds of the parishes; and few situations could be chosen, better adapted for the purpose than this retired corner; the gloom of the adjoining forest of pines spread wide over the face of the southern hill, opposite to the woods of Finlarig and other mountains on the north, aiding the impression of natural solitude, seclusion, and rest. From this spot the name given to the village or grounds where it stands seems to be derived, Kill-in, meaning the burial-place in the island but the district tradition says, that the celebrated personage

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was interred in the island, or somewhere in this quarter; and that by the term Kill-in is to be understood the burial-place of Fin; and the name Fin-larig, and other circumstances, may be supposed to give some countenance to that notion. After passing the second bridge, the traveller finds himself on the road made along the southern side of Loch Tay, which is continued westward on the southern side of Glen Dochart.

The northern portion, rather more than half,

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of the wide valley covered by the waters of Loch Tay, being terminated by the mountains and hills which rise between the Dochart and Lochy; the southern part is continued westward, forming the glen of Dochart, which extends from Loch Tay to Loch Dochart, about twelve miles in length. This, notwithstanding the height of the situation, is still a fine valley, with a considerable portion of plain, or haugh lands along the banks of the river. These lands are partly cultivated by the plough, and produce tolerable crops, which are generally early enough ripened. At this time (23d September) the greater part, if not the whole, of the corn was cut down; and would probably have been then stacked or housed, had not the weather during this month proved remarkably unfavourable to harvest operations. But most of the glen seems to be usually kept under green pasture, for which it is much better adapted, the grass on the meadows being exceedingly fine, rich, and abundant; and, in general, the short thick grass of the wellsheltered valleys, in these high situations, is of a much finer quality than the herbage in the low country, which is probably the cause of the superior quality of the highland beef and mutton. A difference in this respect, even between

the upper and lower ends of the same strath or valley, is sometimes indicated by the richer quality of the milk in the higher extremity. This superiority, in the quality at least, of the herbage, is another proof, in addition to the notorious inferiority in quality and substance of the grain crops as compared with those of the lowland plains, of the peculiar adaptation of these high grounds for the rearing of live stock; so as to supply the demand for that article with as little encroachment as possible, for that purpose, upon those lands which are better fitted for tillage, and of the natural propriety of that arrangement, in a country where no considerations of greater weight oppose the adoption of that system, which upon the whole, is the most efficiently available for the production of human food. The valley is bounded on both sides by very high and precipitous mountains, the upper portions bleak, rugged, and in several places entirely destitute of vegetation; the lower parts presenting an extensive surface of verdure, with occasional fringes of natural wood, chiefly birch. About midway between Loch Tay and Loch Dochart, the plain becomes broader, and in a recess, formed by the retrograde bend in the northern range, is seen the spacious mansion-house of Achlean, appearing,

from the road on the south, to be in form and height an ancient castle, but from the size of the windows and whiteness of the harling, an elegant modern house. A plantation of pines rises in the face of the lofty hills behind; the wide field, indicated by the name, spreads before with its bright green uniform covering of rich, short, natural grass, and the large clear flood of the Dochart in the middle. Immediately above Achlean the valley again contracts to its former breadth, still however presenting a considerable level border of herbage on each side of the river. The upper part, along with the adjacent mountains, seems to be formed into extensive sheep-farms; and, on the left of the road, are erected two very substantial farmhouses, well sheltered by groves of tall pines. Near the plain of Achlean, five or six miles above Killin, the Dochart road is joined by the road from Lochearn head. Although some grain crops are raised in the lower division, the glen is but thinly peopled; and, notwithstanding its natural beauty and adaptation for pasture, the feeling of desolation is very strong in traversing its solitary length, after passing the busy swarms on Loch Tay side.

At the head of the glen the river spreads out, as if overflowing its banks in consequence of a

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