. The topographical, statistical, and historical gazetteer of Scotland. al oc-cupation, hunting. Here is Scur-no-Fionn, themountain of the Fingalians; Coe, the name of theriver, is supposed to be the Cona of Ossian; GriananDearduil, the sunny place of Dearduil, is supposedto refer to Ossians Darthula, whom Nathos stolefrom her husband Conquhan. Here also are Ac/i-na-con, the field of the dog; Caolis-na-con, theferry of the dog; Bitanahean, the deerskin moun-tain, &c. Add to this, that the neighbouring coun-try bears similar traces; that Morven is the peculiarname of Fingals domain; that an isl
. The topographical, statistical, and historical gazetteer of Scotland. al oc-cupation, hunting. Here is Scur-no-Fionn, themountain of the Fingalians; Coe, the name of theriver, is supposed to be the Cona of Ossian; GriananDearduil, the sunny place of Dearduil, is supposedto refer to Ossians Darthula, whom Nathos stolefrom her husband Conquhan. Here also are Ac/i-na-con, the field of the dog; Caolis-na-con, theferry of the dog; Bitanahean, the deerskin moun-tain, &c. Add to this, that the neighbouring coun-try bears similar traces; that Morven is the peculiarname of Fingals domain; that an island in Loch-Etive is supposed to be named from Usnath, thefather of Nathos; and that Etive itself is so namedfrom the deer of its mountains. It must not, how-ever, be dissembled that the same names occur inother places. The stream of Conan, in Ross-shire,is supposed to be Cona, and is near Knock Farril-na-Fion, which takes its name from Fingal; andDaruil, or Jarduil, is a name common to most ofthe rocks, which, like the one in Glen-Coe, aretermed Vitrified GLENCOE. GLE G79 GLE GLENCROE, a vale in Argyleshire, one of thepasses to the Highlands, near the north-east ex-tremity of Loch-Long-. The road to Inverary, fromDumbarton, by the Gair-loch and Loch-Long, afterpassing the village of Arroquhar [which see], andwinding round the head of the latter loch, passesunder a lofty threatening mountain-crag, called Ben-Arthur or the Cobbler,* and leaving Ardgarten houseon the left enters Glencroe. The scenery is herewild and sublime in the highest degree; on each siderise lofty mountains, with rocks of every shape hang-ing on their sides, many of which have fallen to thebottom of the glen, while others threaten the travel-ler with instant destruction. In the middle of theglen runs a considerable brook, near which the roadis carried, and hundreds of rills that pour from themountains form in their descent innumerable cas-cades. There are a few cottages on the sides of theroad, inhab
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