. The earth and its inhabitants .. . owards the north-east, with theOrkneys and Shetland Islands lying in the prolongation of their axis. The sub- NOETHEEN SCOTLAND. 335 marine range which forms the Hebrides follows the same direction, as do also theLofoten, on the coast of Norway, and the plateau of Scandinavia. As a whole the mountains of Northern Scotland are known under the designa-tion of Grampians—thus named after a Mount Graupus, mentioned by Latin writers,but misspelt by their copyists. These mountains consist of a large number ofgroups and chains, separated by narrow glens or valleys

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. The earth and its inhabitants .. . owards the north-east, with theOrkneys and Shetland Islands lying in the prolongation of their axis. The sub- NOETHEEN SCOTLAND. 335 marine range which forms the Hebrides follows the same direction, as do also theLofoten, on the coast of Norway, and the plateau of Scandinavia. As a whole the mountains of Northern Scotland are known under the designa-tion of Grampians—thus named after a Mount Graupus, mentioned by Latin writers,but misspelt by their copyists. These mountains consist of a large number ofgroups and chains, separated by narrow glens or valleys occupied by to the north of the estuary of the Clyde rise the Southern Grampians,whose summits, Ben Lomond (3,192 feet), Ben More (3,281 feet), and Ben Lawers(3,984 feet), are most frequently the goal of tourists, owing to their vicinity tolarge towns. Farther north rises the almost insulated mass of Ben Cruachan Fig. 163.—Ben Nevis. Scale 1 : 200,000 P. 7° 30 7 20 ^*::;yS;i*lW:;2^-^es;if?i!^!?s ;;;,\tj;:.

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