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90, generally go to the sad small inn of Tarbet, for the convenience of a boat on the other side of the lake, which is obliged to fetch travellers across for a stated sum; a trifle, two-pence I believe; but if you order the boatmen to deviate in the least, in order to see more of the lake, they will impose upon you dreadfully. In a fine clear day the view from the top of Ben Lomond must be prodigiously fine; but it is a very fatiguing business to get at it. Near Luss is Sir James Colquhoun's.

From Luss to Dumbarton, 10 miles. Near Dumbarton is Dr. Smollet's monument, on the side of the road.

Just after you quit Loch Lomond, to the left, is a road to Balloch boat, a ferry that will set you in the Stirling road from Dumbarton; but the inn at Drumen, close by the gate to Buchanan, the Duke of Montrose's, is intolerably bad; you cannot sleep there, nor even eat without extreme disgust.

At Dumbarton, see the Castle.

Should you wish to get to the base of Ben Lomond, by the road on the east side of the lake, I am told there is a charming one made to it by the Duke of Montrose. When I was at