fice, in the old castellated Scottish style. Crossmount, on the right side of the river, a little below Mount Alexander, is the seat of W. M. F. Macdonald, Esq.; Temper and Dalchosnie, further west, on the same side, are the residences of Alexander Stewart, Esq., and the Earl of Mexborough; Lochgarry, on the west side, is another seat of General Sir J. Macdonald; and Innerhadden, at the foot of a high, mural, romantic rock, overlooking Loch Rannoch, is the seat of Mrs. Stewart.

1030. SCHICHALLION flanks the south side of the Tummel or Rannoch's vale, midway between Tummel Bridge and Loch Rannoch. It rises detachedly from the adjacent mountains, and attains an altitude of 3533 feet above the level of the sea. Its sides are rocky and very steep, but not marked by any great precipice or chasm. Its outline toward the vale is lumpish and unpleasing; but, as seen from a distance either in the east or in the west, looks to be a regular cone. The view from its summit promises to be magnificent, but proves strongly disappointing. A place on its south-east skirt, still called Bruce's Castle, was a retreat of Robert Bruce at the ebb of his fortunes; and the mountain itself is famous as the scene of curious observations in 1777, by the astronomer-royal, Dr. Maskelyne.

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1031. LOCH RANNOCH extends 12 miles from east to west, and has a mean breadth of 9 furlongs. Its general scenery, in great sweeps of view, is magnificent. Retiring ranges, rising from hill to mountain, flank all its sides; Schichallion nearly overhangs it in the east; and the peaks of BuachailleEtive and Glencoe appear on the skyline far to the west. A great pine forest, called the Black Wood of Rannoch, clothes all the south flank from the margin of the water half way up the mountains; and a series of birch woods and cultivated spots flecks the north flank along the skirts, and partly up the braes. An artificial islet, near the head, was used in old times both as an asylum and as a prison. The waters abound with fine char and large trout, some of the latter upwards of 30 pounds in weight, and upwards of 3 feet long. Kinloch Rannoch, at the foot, has a post office under Pitlochrie, a good inn, and a parish church. Tighnalinn, at the head, has also a post office under Pitlochrie, an inn, and a church; and a coach used to run from it in summer, alternately down the north side and the south side of the lake to Weem. Dall House, on the south side, is the seat of Wentworth, Esq.; and Rannoch Lodge, at the head, is a seat of Sir Ro bert Menzies, Bart. See 905.