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A DESCRIPTION OF

CHAPTER XII.

Killin—Fingall's Grave—Glen and Loch Dochart—Glen Fillan—St. Fillan's Holy Well—Tyndrum Inn—Lead Mines—Road to Fort William over the Black Mount—Inverounon—Loch Tollie—Black Mount—King's House Inn—Devil's Staircase—Glen Coe.

From Kenmore to Killin, it is sixteen miles. The south road is somewhat more than the north; both are hilly, and include a great variety of scenery, and rich too throughout. About the midway of the lake, the huge Ben Lawers raises its craggy head, with verdant sides; and Benmore, with its two pointed tops, high above its neighbours, is seen in the utmost distance.

At Killin, it is said, the bones of Fingall are deposited; and I was told also, that Lord Breadalbane had had the ground, about the supposed grave, thoroughly examined without success, as to the finding the bones. The space about the grave looks as if it had been enclosed for a burying ground, and the old kirk of Killin stood near