a dark bafalt; from Dunbarton I proceeded
by Loch Lomond and Ben Lomond; excellent
road and fine rock fcenery to Lufs,
and from thence to Arrocher, 22 miles;
On the fide of Loch Long a good inn;
where I arrived about 6 o’clock in the
evening. The day having been rainy, andK
the evening commencing with violent gales
of wind, accompanied with heavy rain,
caufed me to determine to day here until
morning ; having picked up a few fragments
of rock fpecimens and carried them
in my pocket, which I now began to unload
and examine their merits, in order
to throw away thofe which was lead inter-
efting. They chiefly confided of bafalts, argillaceous
fhiflus,granites,and their varieties.
The argillaceous fhidus I found frequently
in veins in the bafalt; it appeared in various
directions, and falling in lamina:
by decompofition; in'it were many quartzofe
zofe veins, and patches of fine blue date.
A beautiful red granite, in Which the felfpar
was of a high flefh colour, was amongd
them ; the fellpar compofed the greated part
of the fpecimen; in one or two pieces of
granite, the mica compofed three parts out
of four of the whole.
I {hall not attempt to amufe the reader by
telling how I fpent the evening, what I had
to eat, &c. fuffice it to fay, the inn is a
good one, and the hodefs did credit to
her houfe.
In the morning I arofe at 5 o’clock,
and immediately darted for Cairndow, 12
miles didant. Having walked round the
head of Loch Long, my mind was druck
with awe at the approach of Glen Cro ; the
roads are excellent, and the traveller is
amufed almod every mile by an infcrip-
tion engraved on the mile done; by whom
L 3 they