Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . Coilantogle Ford,And thou must keep thee with thy sword. Loch Venachar, a beautiful expanse of water about five mileslong and a mile and a half broad, now opens upon the the opposite shore may be seen the woods of Dullater andDrunkie ; and the surface of the loch is broken by one lonelyisland, called Inch Vroin. The scene, but for the surroundingheights, is soft and verdant, like some of the English lakes. Dankosiers fringe the swampy shallows, and heaps of mountaindebris lie tossed here and there on the margin from the swollentorrents of the h
Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . Coilantogle Ford,And thou must keep thee with thy sword. Loch Venachar, a beautiful expanse of water about five mileslong and a mile and a half broad, now opens upon the the opposite shore may be seen the woods of Dullater andDrunkie ; and the surface of the loch is broken by one lonelyisland, called Inch Vroin. The scene, but for the surroundingheights, is soft and verdant, like some of the English lakes. Dankosiers fringe the swampy shallows, and heaps of mountaindebris lie tossed here and there on the margin from the swollentorrents of the hills. At either end the lake imperceptiblymerges into the river, of which it is, properly speaking, awidening. At its upper extremity is the spot where, at thewhistle of Roderick Dhu, 220 PERTHSHIRE—CALLANDER TO TROSACHS. Instant, through copse and heath, aroseBonnets and spears and bended bows;On right, on left, above, up at once the lurking foe;From shingles grey their lances bracken bush sends forth the
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