This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1797 Excerpt: ...it to a considerable' depth, in a direction nearly parallel with that of Loch-long. Lochlomond, the theme of poetasters, --but of which the beauties might well claim the best song of some genuine poet, --is esteemed the finest lake in Britain; is in length about six and twenty miles, --in breadth, where broadest, six ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1797 Excerpt: ...it to a considerable' depth, in a direction nearly parallel with that of Loch-long. Lochlomond, the theme of poetasters, --but of which the beauties might well claim the best song of some genuine poet, --is esteemed the finest lake in Britain; is in length about six and twenty miles, --in breadth, where broadest, six miles; has no fewer than four and' twenty beautiful islets scattered over its bosom; is known to be, in some places, seven hundred and fifty feet deep. In different other places of the county, are some smaller lakes, of little account, indeed, in comparison with this so extensive and magnificent one. On the borders of the lakes, on the banks of the rivers, towards the sea-shore, the county is frequently low, susceptible of tillage, and not unfertile. It is easy to conceive that its scenery must present an interesting assemblage of the awfully wild and sublime, the picturesque, and, here and there, the beautiful. Some of the islets in Lochlomond are wooded: And woods are here and there scattered in other parts of the county. Even from the lower grounds there rise suddenly up some insulated rocks, such as that on which stands the castle of Dunbarton; and these have naturally a very strikiag effect to the beholder's eye. Sheep are the most numerous branch of the animal-stock upon the farms in Dunbartonshire. The whole number of sheep in the county, is about six and twenty thousand. They are of the small hardy black-faced race. About thirteen thousand black cattle form the other capital branch of the animal-stock. These are reared for sale to be fattened on richer lands; or are even fattened for the butcher, on the lower grounds of the county; or are valued for the milk, butter, and cheese, which they yield for the markets and for domestic consumption...
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