. The earth and its inhabitants ... with in all Britain. Southern Scotland contrasts by its greater regularity of coast-line with thedeeply indented shores of the north. In the east only one peninsula, boundedon the one side by the winding Firth of Forth, on the other by the Firth ofTny, advances beyond the line of coast. In the west the broad peninsular massof Galloway projects towards Ireland, from which it is separated by a marine pit having a depth of nearly 1,000 feet. This peninsula terminates in theRhinns of Galloway—anciently an island, but now joined by a low neck to themainland. Thes
. The earth and its inhabitants ... with in all Britain. Southern Scotland contrasts by its greater regularity of coast-line with thedeeply indented shores of the north. In the east only one peninsula, boundedon the one side by the winding Firth of Forth, on the other by the Firth ofTny, advances beyond the line of coast. In the west the broad peninsular massof Galloway projects towards Ireland, from which it is separated by a marine pit having a depth of nearly 1,000 feet. This peninsula terminates in theRhinns of Galloway—anciently an island, but now joined by a low neck to themainland. These are the only inequalities in the contour of the coast, and thecontrast with the littoral region of the Western Highlands, where we feel almostlost in a labyrinth of lochs, is a very striking one. These lochs, some ofwhich communicate freely with the sea, whilst others are lakes drained by swift-flowing rivers and torrents, are first met with to the north of the Clyde, along Fiff. 150.—The Wall or 1 : 555, 3° 30 5 Miles. the skirt of the Highlands. Loch Lomond is the most beautiful of all theselakes, and that amongst them which has most frequently formed the themeof poets. The river Leven drains it into the Clyde. A sinuous strait at itsnorthern end, a veritable lake, several miles in width near its centre, but becomingshallower in proportion as it grows wider, Loch Lomond presents its admirerswith every possible contrast of scenery—gently swelling hills and rugged crags ;scarped islands raising their grey pinnacles abruptly above the translucent water,and groups of low islands covered with meadows and woods, and inhabited bybounding deer. Beautiful country residences are here and there seen along theshore, whilst near the northern extremity of the lake the long back of BenLomond (3,192 feet high), often enveloped in mist, rises above cultivated fieldsand forests. The same mountain region gives birth to the river Forth, one of the prin-cipal affluen
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