■ MOV« TAINS.
JJta N e ils .'
Comaroks
Cairngorm.
Ben NeVis 1 the Higheft mbdiithfe M 'Great Britain, bring teftfrnated
-at 4-550’feet above the level of the tea', hot much above a “qtfarte^ o f fee
height of Mont Blanc.' * This -ttoHh'ntain has/riot hitherto Bcfen.eSjitJred
b y any fnineMlh^ft. On the N. E. TrdeHt pre&hfe’ a 'p fe c ip ic e ,y a rly
perfendichlfe and' df-'prb'digious h rig b t’\ b y % 't ^
T h e view froin th e ‘fum'rif#iS’.grand I e x h ib if f i^ ttiofe o f the W^ftbrn
Highlands,'’from.' th e paps? of Jura,' ’ tB th e 'hills in
fe e eaft it extends ta T b r i Eagres',‘in Te rth lh ire , ^ h d 'th b 'S tv lr a t£ s ;
Extent of ’-^itrw^a’hduteight'y nrHM|j»Th^ Tuperi'oidhMft bf the mountain
isr ’'afrit-off' ;d eftitute' 'd f 'VegStktioft5 The %f&'*it^rs a
gentle acclivity J 'an&Ifo'rms‘ an“ ealy' paVe&'bftV pTOb^lyl'sHgVanfte,
Show'fernk%-fe tfite* fcrbvfees''thtcrighbfftfed yO a f; 'b u t ’ b ^ _ a r e g p
glaciefrs, ndr ttth&r mhgfW&ceht alpnfe' ffiilur’tfs *.
It Would be*'difficult,fe divide fe e -^m am in g ffi^uiSpiifes o fth& f5 igh-
landlr rrtfe Idiftinift lines'"%r 'g r S u ^M s I ^ f f i a l ! , febtetore;7| ^ ^ f l y
ntehtidned in th e 'drdhf'of f^u^m& y. T o f e e N. W .‘ o f ^ te n 'N e v S s
f e e 1nrrg Mbhn r^W n f florfiaroh, ’ i | -
litary
this mountain arifesfee* r a p i^ r i y # - l p l ^ ; ^ d 'o t h e r f e ^ im s fun' to
the weft, circumftaUces which in d 'ica# g te ab |
miles tq the eaft, rifes the mountain''Cautngofm |4jafi®Teet!),ibr th e blue
'taOufitkih, clBfhed ’ with a lm ^ p e f p e t u a r ’J r i^ ^ 'a n a ^ rem&TcaJile Eg?
'cfukrth 'bf- differeht’colours^ c h ie fy the 'fin o a ly d a n d ^ well to
lapidaries. T b e other chi^f l i b f t n t ^ p ^ ^ t h x & r e f a ^ ,W e tW p of
Braemar,vor.Scairfoch, at the fqurce o f the-Tlee ; Ifen Awny andmany
o f fttlalief h eight, fuch as BeniBourd f a'BenVbie, &c.
In the fecond divifion of the ‘ H ig h lan d s^ ^ h fcV ^ fe ^ b ey o p d Loch
Linny and’ Loch Nrisy the mountains“ are yet more numerous, ffe.not
fo memorable. The weftern ftiore, in particular,'is c f e v ^ ^ ^ i f e h i l l s ,
ftorft the' ifla n d 'o f Skey to cape Wrath, w h dV 'a -^ fan o i,th re ad in g
, 7' Statfft.AcLvai.^4'14.. -
* Drunialban, the Do'rfumBrhtmme of the old wriiers, Seims.to be .'BeiTNcvis, with the high
defert Moor o f Ranael, extending twenty milesib the eaft o f %at movlntam'.^iC',
f Always covered with fnow, and, perhaps, as Mr. Aiikiljf dpnceiveSj higher thaj^C^fngorm.
A b o u t the-height o f 4000 feet, fnow remains all the year in Scotland.-^ ' ' ■ ,
- eaftward,
e§,ft^4tdc tdiwardsnOfdfeead^i^’JS'feet)r&ms^whafcjSire tecmT#hy ifea*
i5Sh,;’th&^apsl(of^Gafithfl:e&fi:9.2'9 feet)).h"<Thefcbirf^'diStf*rili^.^;thi4>
Tyeft.of Rofefhbe, krefoBen Chat, BontChklker,-Ben-J^Olieh, 'on the fouth
of.LQchaBr'csom.1; Ben ISfefe, pn; the nOrth-df- thatldomnlbdi'oiisPhav'efl ;•
andfe'e hills of Guiriak, on th’ei'fAth ®£)C$v‘atfoay, or in the native language";
Kyfe.Cfdrf.iMtorp-drilatid,y:a>^eSsBen Eoffcy^'; a,nd- thd’>‘ehifef
litbjsntajnlh;thisdfflrldl^BettrWjfvis («[y2 0 'feet). ’ i
On proceeding.» tolthesnfbft nVttherfiLpIfts "bf'SCo'tland, the- 'counties*
(^iSufehEifandiSSlntl '(Safeilefs, 'ftrft .bCcurS' BenOrthrid yitheti -Beff Gliberg,4
on.-feerweft5 'bf'TBcH'Navot*|ha>nd^lBe0 '<Mm, fe ^ th e In'erthibft which'.
eMmdsltbqiGhhin^c^l^l¥eiPiapsffc©3almhwiW 1ltfe ffiountains Merbeny
Si^£abdro,'s6cC'.-‘ ''frb'tn'.'wliieh' a-'hortherf^ dirfel9:iq#,s Sfcor’dih-g ’ to
th e o n su ^ f e f the.rivers, inferibY-fChains^aF that' ts&feeh’- Maddy,' bhllthe'
eaft.ofnhdfriverdNi'ver, ‘&rc.- The N. W.'i’extrbmlty of'ScBtland prfefents'
fon-eipleafant<yal6S’i‘fow a td u h d &4 ' ! fhla'hd -tha|f;o'fhD’brriaSii 11 a, and
anfelemSId' plain’ on th&> wBff o f Loch Laialf ‘oill^®.if'ryfhdre-'fpi^fti'
th^t diftgiiS} called Jlab s^Eorefty cxsftiffifts 'of a b ed <of %&®k,vinterfperfed
The-chief«Bunfaiiii's Spe (BenvHeppand;BeA
LpgM'Ji further tQ;-.t!hC-‘:wBft lit^'nkHfe&rb'oc'U'f^eiie'ept.tlrat- of) Ga^te,:-:-WratHy’
and, therregio.il isfddlfriihed b y a n .intJd.llgenfttfarfeHsrsin the,';C®Jkwingj
ir.
a'i» jfllffef bfdeftffOceiifiT^^y Ih y ib e ^ e luey'attfd'Exhibited a)
0 |qft auguft pi£turErbf jlbriorh nature: cThewprQipnri;. lia s 's altogether
iqilpejife’j'But, wild - a rxdtldtefoilat’e „beyond: :cp'$C ep'tie^u b) T 1* ^ im Qu n trin ^
pr^f^tedinothirtg^to view SutiiKeath andfeofeg J|e6s#ee'n- them.-, formal
land' pppls*. dark wit^tftelffiadtasnthftfiw»! froja ySfj&K&a
o^iaess gader, grandeuB to? the'-wifd-eraefs ;^sbeniy ifgo$$)V
filfiffefiiM-afe been | appalledj andiAidtfiakelte' Jl«8»^ft#ra&e<| {jo<q,<hq
SyiidS af^%ir^foi*>fiiqh''rsflt-^e‘ihbrR|‘h f ‘thistidiftri^owhifh
feana e®tQCtrcuptedfrdn.’tou©18> ISharhsr,i but, «from 'thdfesd|-§yMefctedn'sltb*;
JHt^yiity oftlG'ape/Wrath, it is probable that the 'e»v)i!oilsf''‘icfefeihf^r
ca'ldS^ebu s -T“. r S
1 8 ^ X > , * y ' * „ 1'' 1 ) ' 1 .. ® .Ibid. ioy..
1°1 Statift)'S'ceount, viV 279. '(RarifS o f Edraciiafe,) Tim account o f the'inte^®nj;^arilh
whfeli: Cape Mrrath ftandsp. vol. iii. 576, is very ■ ISmekn’d' deie&ive.;1 i f ft'e'-tfuft
dier'AuMp^p'. "'*, 1 it T ~ pfiAuAge
forHieep.-’i 1
ifo x , I. Having
M ountains.
Clape Wrath.
3 B