Notes on the District of Menteith, for tourists and others . king like giant ghostsof moths in the still misty air. E. B. CUNNINGHAME , 9th October, 1006. CONTENTS CHAPTER I -^ PAGE Descriptive i CHAPTER IIHistorical ij CHAPTER III Some Reflections on the Incontinence OF Kings ...... 23 CHAPTER IVAtavism ... ... 4^ CHAPTER VTraditional 58 CHAPTER VIPantheistic y6 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACINGPAGE Map of Lake of Menteith District Title Trootie Dedication Inchmahome, Lake of Menteith . i The Isle, Inchtalla, Lake of Menteith 8 Chapter House, Priory of Inchma-home 20 West Doorway of
Notes on the District of Menteith, for tourists and others . king like giant ghostsof moths in the still misty air. E. B. CUNNINGHAME , 9th October, 1006. CONTENTS CHAPTER I -^ PAGE Descriptive i CHAPTER IIHistorical ij CHAPTER III Some Reflections on the Incontinence OF Kings ...... 23 CHAPTER IVAtavism ... ... 4^ CHAPTER VTraditional 58 CHAPTER VIPantheistic y6 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACINGPAGE Map of Lake of Menteith District Title Trootie Dedication Inchmahome, Lake of Menteith . i The Isle, Inchtalla, Lake of Menteith 8 Chapter House, Priory of Inchma-home 20 West Doorway of the Priory, Inch-mahome 24 Arches of the Aisle, Priory of Inch-mahome 28 Chapter House (Interior), Priory of Inchmahome .... 32 Vaulted Kitchen, Priory of Inchma-home 40 The Nuns Hill, Inchmahome . 48 Queen Marys Tree, Inchmahome . 56 Queen Marys Bower, Lake of Men-teith 64 inchcuan, or dog island, lake of Menteith 72 The Admirals Point, Lake of Men-teith 76 Lake of Menteith, from the South End 80 Lake of Menteith, and Inchmahome, from Portend .... 88. SHADOWS OF MENTEITHCHAPTER I DESCRIPTIVE With a general idea of the configuration of the dis-trict of Menteith; also a digression as to whetherreUgious belief may not modify the human coun-tenance ; and other matters connected with otherthings. Menteith has always seemed to me a shadow vdistrict. On the one side the shadows of theGrampians stretch towards the Campsies; theshadows of the Campsies at times stretch to theGrampians. On a summer evening often only ahttle belt of tawny heather or bright green mossis left in the sunlight; all the intervening space isbathed in shadow. The Flanders Moss has beena sea, tradition says, and those sworn enemies, thescience of the study and the science of outdoorobservation, seem to corroborate one another inconfirming the tradition. The sea, it is said, oncewashed round the rocks at the foot of Stirling 2 MENTEITH Castle, and extended to the Clach nan Lunn (the Stone of the Wave), on the Eas
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