. The earth and its inhabitants ... ortion of the mainland, stretching from sea to sea, but also thelarge island of Skye and the whole of the Outer Hebrides, with the exceptionof Lewis. The great feature of the mainland is the huge cleft of Glenmore,between Inverness and Loch Eil (see p. 333). The northern declivity of thisvalley is occupied by Lochs Ness and Oich, upon which Glen TJrquhart, GlenMoriston, and Glen Garry open from the westward. The famous Foyers Fallsare on the eastern side of Loch Ness, right opposite to the naked, hayrick-like 872 THE BllITISn ISLES. summit of Mcalfourvounie
. The earth and its inhabitants ... ortion of the mainland, stretching from sea to sea, but also thelarge island of Skye and the whole of the Outer Hebrides, with the exceptionof Lewis. The great feature of the mainland is the huge cleft of Glenmore,between Inverness and Loch Eil (see p. 333). The northern declivity of thisvalley is occupied by Lochs Ness and Oich, upon which Glen TJrquhart, GlenMoriston, and Glen Garry open from the westward. The famous Foyers Fallsare on the eastern side of Loch Ness, right opposite to the naked, hayrick-like 872 THE BllITISn ISLES. summit of Mcalfourvounie (3,0G0 feet). Loch Lochy, with its tributary, LochArkaig-, drains the southern portion of the great glen, which is joined on the easthy Glen Spean, to the north of which lies the district of Lochaber. The Pass ofCorryarrick (1,864 feet) leads from Loch Ness, across a spur of the Monadh-liadh Mountains, into Strathspey, which forms the most marked feature of Fig. 18G.—FiiuH OF an Adiuiriiitv Chait. Scale 1 : 150, ilVàrter CJS^.^ Spring s rise 22 red. Jeap^f 9t Eastern Inverness, and at head on the borders of I*erth lies the moorlanddistrict of Badenoch. Northern Inverness is drained by Strathglass, which,fed by streams descending from Ben Attow and Mam Soul (3,861 feet), throwsitself into Beauly basin. The water-parting lies close to the western coast, andthe peninsular districts of Glenelg and Knoidart (Laorbein, 3,341 feet), Arasaigwith Loch Morar), and Moidart (bounded by Loch Shiel) are of email extent. EOSS AND CEOMAETY. 373 Excepting Inverness, there is no town or village in the county whose populationexceeds 1,200 souls. Gaelic is still spoken by 83 per cent, of the population. If Inverness, the capital of the Highlands, could be suddenly transported6^ of latitude to the south, to a milder climate, it might become one of the greatcities of the world ; for its geographical position upon a deep firth, and at themouth of a cleft which crosses
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