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Rh weeping of the rocks, and the groans of the water under them, was the original cause of its name, Coe; the signification of which, as I have before mentioned, is lamentation.

The mountains on the north of the Coe are amazingly high; but shivering, and rounder than the opposite range of rocks, and have some verdure about them. There is no space between the south rocks, and the north mountains, but the road down to the flat of the glen twisting and turning round, and between vast projections of the mountains on the right, and the river Coe, under the rocks, on the left.

As I was advancing through this steep narrow pass, I perceived a cavalcade and a small chaise meeting me: such a sight, in such a place, is an event; and to those I was meeting, I and my rustic equipage, must have been a matter of mirth and curiosity, especially to the chief, for it was the lord of the beautiful burying ground at Killin, accompanied by some of his family and fine sons: they were making the best of their way towards King's House. I thought it lucky my maid had taken possession of one of the best sties: at the instant, that was the subject of my cogitations. What the chief and his party thought of me, and