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Sketch of a tour in the highlands of Scotland
Sketch of a tour in the highlands of Scotland Author:Larkin Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAP. III. FROM WEEM, Miles. Aberfeldie 1 Kenmore 6 Killin 16 Aberfeldie—Appin—Approach to Taymouth—Ballach, the valley and palace described—Dr... more »uidical circles, or Gothic courts of justice—Improvements—Connexion of remarkable scenery with national feeling—Macgregors — Ken- more—Braidalbane, extent and general description of the division—Loch Tay described ; singular peculiarity of its salmon; agitations in it; island, and ruins of priory—Woods —Pruning—Farming and crowded population of Loch Tay side—Ancient language always used in common conversation by ancient race—Approach to Killin—Finlarig — Glenlochy. J. HE houses or cottages of the village of Aberfeldie are built on each side of the road to Kenmore, which is about six miles west from the village. This road, along the southern side of the valley, is the direct continuation of the road from Perth, by Dunkeld, to Kenmore and the western and north-western highlands; and, as the face and ridge of the northern hill are better cultivated and wooded than the side and summit of the hill on the south, the traveller who is desirous to see the valley generally to the best advantage will naturally prefer this road, which is besides the most direct and convenient for those who enter the Grampians from the Dunkeld pass. This southern road stretches through the grounds and extensive plain of Balnagard. Above the village or principal farm there are some remarkable waterfalls. A little to the west is the market-town or village of Inseh, a burgh of barony; and near it the walls of an old castle, said to have been built by King Gregory the Great, 900 years ago. From Inseh the road stretches through the estate of Grantully, for five miles, to the village of Aberfeldie, and at this point commences the Eail of Braidalbane's ...« less