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52 you may sleep tolerably there for a few nights. From Callender you must go to Loch Catheine, 9 miles. The road to Loch Catheine is bad enough. Take food for your horses, self, and servants, for none can be gotten until you return to Callender. A whole day would be well spent in viewing the beauties of the Trosacks, that is, the wonders around Loch Catheine, and the two lakes before you get to Loch Catheine. The first lake you come to, from Callender, is Loch Vana-Choir, the Lake of the fair Valley: the next, Loch Achray, or Loch-a-chravy, the Lake of the Field of Devotion. Take care of the ford of the river that runs out of Glen Finglass. I advise you to walk over the foot-bridge, of wood and turf, and let the carriage go empty through the river. Near Loch Catheine, on the right, is the forest of Glen Finglass, once covered with the deer of the kings of Scotland. On the right, Ben Chochan, the small Mountain, because less than Ben Lomond, and Ben Lidi, its neighbours. When at Loch Catheine, at the foot of which you must quit the carriage, take care your horses do not get bogged, as mine did, whilst the driver was staring at the wonders of the Trosacks. Procure a boat, if any within reach, and go to the