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and the attendance cuftomary with the other barons of Argyle-
J h ir e * .
I muft not leave this pariili without mentioning a deep circular
hollow, in form and of the fize of a large cauldron, in a morafs
near Hamilton's-Pafs, on the fouth fide of the lake. There is a
tradition that this was one of the vatts frequent in the highland
turberies, from- which the old natives drew an unétuous fuhftance,
ufed by them to dye their eloth black, before the introduition of
copperas, &c. The ingredient was colleéted from the fides of the
hole, and furface of the water ; the cloth or yarn was boiled in
it, and received a lafting color.
. Continue my j ourney for fome time through the vale of Glenur-
chie, pofiefied by the Campbels -f- fince. the time of Sir Colin before
mentioned, anceftor of the Breadalbane line, the famous knight of
Rhodes, furnamedfrom his complexion and from his travels DuibbNa
Roimh, or Black Colin of Rome This traâ: is of great fertility,
embelliihed with little groves, and watered by a fine ftream. The
view bounded on one fide by the great hill of Crouachan, and on the
other by that of Benlaoighe. The valley now contracts into a
glen, abounding with cattle, yet deftitute both of arable land and
meadow ; but the beafts gather a good fuftenance from the grafs
that fprings among the heath. See frequently on the road fides
ftnall verdant hillocks, ftyled by the common people, jhi-an, or
the Fairy-hamt, becaufe here, fay they, the fairies, who love not
* Andirfim's Diplomata. No. X LVII. -j- Buchanan*5 Clans. I j g.
î M . S. Hiit. o f the Campbels.
the
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the glare of day, make their retreat, after the celebration of their
ilofturnal revels.
'<Ǥ Pafs by a little lake, whofe waters run into the weftern fea.
On the road fide a lead-mine is worked to fome advantage, by
means of a level. The veins are richeft: near the furface, but
dwindle away towards the foies. At this place enter the diftrift of
B r e a d a l b a n e , in '
P e r t h s h i r e ,
And breakfaft at Fyendrum, or the houfe of the height, being the
moll; elevated habitation in North-Britain. Breadalbane alfo figni-
fying the loftieft- trad! of Albin, or- Scotland. Thefe hills are a
part of that lofty range commencing at Loch-Lomond, traverfing
the country to the firth of Dornoch, and called by fome writers,
Drum-Albin. In my paflage, in 1769, from the King*s-hpufe to
this place, I rode near the mountains of Bendoran. One of them
; is celebrated for the hollow found it fends forth about twenty-
four hours before any heavy rain. ‘Fhefpirit of the mountain Jhrieks *,
warns the peafants to ihelter their flocks ; and utters the fame-
awful prognoftics, that Virgil attributes to thofe of Italy j
Continuo ventis furgentibus, aut freta ponti
Incipiunt agitata tumefcere: et aridus altis
Monti bus audiri fra go r.
When winds approach, the v ex ’d fea heaves around:
From the bleak mountain comes a hollow found. Warton%
T y e n d r u m .
* OJJian*.
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