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going out of Stirling, by the above described road towards Callender, I passed close by Blair Drummond; and after crossing the Forth, I proceeded through a well-wooded district near the banks of the Teith, and crossed that river by a handsome bridge, near the town of Doune, and its ruined castle, situated close on the east side of the river.—The whole drive from Doune to Callender, is in a pleasant fruitful valley, and the distant views from it are extremely wild and sublime. The fore-ground is the vale: the back-ground, the wonderful mountains of Ben Lomond, Ben Chochan, and Ben Lidi. Ben Chochan is in the middle, and is rather lower