Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . BEIGG or TURK. Continuing our course from Duncraggan and the Brigg ofTurk, Up the margin of the lake. Between the precipice and brake, we cannot but be pleased with the picture that Loch Achraypresents to the eye. Its gentle character, as described by thepoet; is still preserved :— The rocks—the bosky thickets sleep,So stilly in thy bosom deep;Tlie larks blithe carol from the cloud,Seems for the scene too gaily loud. LOCH ACHJIAY. 223 The gently rolling river pursues its serpentine course throughan extensive meadow at the west end of the lake, being pa
Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . BEIGG or TURK. Continuing our course from Duncraggan and the Brigg ofTurk, Up the margin of the lake. Between the precipice and brake, we cannot but be pleased with the picture that Loch Achraypresents to the eye. Its gentle character, as described by thepoet; is still preserved :— The rocks—the bosky thickets sleep,So stilly in thy bosom deep;Tlie larks blithe carol from the cloud,Seems for the scene too gaily loud. LOCH ACHJIAY. 223 The gently rolling river pursues its serpentine course throughan extensive meadow at the west end of the lake, being partof the property of his Grace the Duke of Montrose, and hereis situated the delightful farm of Achray, the level field;a denomination justly due when contrasted with the rugged. ; H ACHRAY. mountains with which it is surrounded. An uninterruptedwood of birch and mountain ash skirts the northern marginof the lake, along which the road is carried, and occasionalgaps among the trees aftord most exquisite views of thejdacid water and the southern bank, which is bare and its head the mountain boundary is now visible ; and the 224 PERTHSHIRE—THE TROSACHS. tourist enters the renowned Trosachs {Troschen, bristled terri-tory.) * Here the tourist cannot fail to be struck by the wonderfulcombination of rugged rocks and the rich beauty of endless,varied, and diffused vegetation. Grey birch and aspeu weep beneath ;Aloft, the ash and warrior oakCast anchor in the rifted rock. So wondrous wOd, the whole might seemThe scenery of a fairy dream. Towering above the eminences of minor heights Ben-an rearsits lofty summit on the right, while Benvenue, 2388 feet high,raises its proud crest upon the left. Somewhere near the entrance of the defile named Beal-an-Dui
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