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BIN. ,.in;/. K.V |;IN, ;i moun y, Ar- ahiro, Scotland, with an altitude of 2,8U', . 11 tlioS.W.

l View

Ol part of til'; V:" ' l US a mountain in th* wick, nd, aliOUt 1,2 i'.L,, a mountain in sea. EN OH1NMN MOUNTAINS, flwe of thi i hiri . 'I , and 9 or 15 from I IAN, .-I mountain in UID par. of Abor- . Seotland, :;,u</ i 'lit. l|i I. NX I 1 Scot- ivard, 2,923 i 1 1; I '. A' 'I IAN, a mountain in tin: par. o! l,l,l,i,II, tl -, Scotland, 2,352 , ivliiidi flo-.v. at, i i com- I 1,'autiful pros- Ill, II iKiy, the loftiest

aiidhliiri!, Scotland, between the

IT. It in about 3,200 feet in height. . , a mountain in tlio Highland* of jland, /.rn district of the co. of Ar- north-weat, and Loch

  • on the soutli. It has a precipitous and rugged

ft towards the north-east, but slopes gradually nward to ii !/,< Ii Awe. It consists for cnoft (two a itou.i peaks, which rise to the >mse of thin mountain in I woods of fir and birch '

it of its sides. Tin; mountain .illiin

i iis Biimniii extent and ; i ,ily. It JD'-j ij'I<- ; Hen evi:l noiihwai'l ' I IT';;". prospect extends over 1 i li<: bay of Oban, and the if ul islands that stretch along the .11, and as far as Yree and an and Skye are led. . r. of Lochhr and. in lh<; V . Ot < ivpt h 'land. ,N 1C ADD AN, a mountain in Mo,- v m, Argyl> md, !. , in tin; par 01 1,001) lect, in height. ' -,t ol a ran^i; of liills .viek, Kirk- jri-rlitjihir", Scotlanil, al)0ilt, 1//00 ('.:! in Ir . LL, a vil. in UK; jiar. of I) liuin-

.iil:-i, on whieli are the

' rt)nhin;, Sc'itland. 'I ,N HOl'K, a m-.nnfain in the p j-rlandshire, Scotland, rising to lh. : h^i^lit of ': . ^ ,S.j rla N HOIJN, a iii'iiint-Lin in tho irlandih OIOIf, or JJHNI.OV, a mo i'i:ri,li .-iml Argyll', 8cOl ' ;:i TO-

n, aii'l '.v:: ( foi

i-lotli' . ilh wood. BEN I, VKItS, a .Is of of I'ntli, on ih,. X.V. slioro of I loflii-.-! mountain in I '. in Scotland. Il of its ii.-il it is easy to ascent on horse 1' with i]iiallx, ami lioi nl;!i:ii>l< -ulate. ( 'liloritc-slllte is also loimd iu it. Tliis inoiintain has an elevation of 3,948 bet ; and as it rises I in ila vicinity, the view Iron .nit is very < . than that I '(, higher. A van. ly of A. plants arc found growing on the lop of J!' n I,.i coil .oil-grass. This UK ioii of the trigonometrical sn > IlK.N l.K))I, ;i mountain in the Highlands of , l land, situat< .1 in tin. co. of I 1 Irino on UK- ,/, nlh-WCSt, ami ' .' Ilic i, ..illi- ItS name n ," and is supposed to . d from tho circumstance that in the -t ages a temple existed on its summit, to which the people resorted once a year for religious worship, it has an elevation of 2,86,'i 1> mmand.s a veiy ind strikin; '1'he Frith of Forth is seen on the east, the Frith :id tho Idle of Arran on tho south-west, while the view northward and west- ward is bounded by the (/nimpia Towering far above all the neighbouring hills. Hen Ledi forms a conspicuous and magnificent object in the scenery any miles round. There is a small lake on its BEN LKVF.N, tho part of Dumbartonshire, Scot- land, lying between Loch Lornond arid the river Levcn on the I')., and I he Knlli of Clfit and Loch Long on UK; V. I'.KN LOMOND, a. mountain in tho Highlands of nd, situated in tli .e eastside of Loch Lomond. It is the i in in tho western range of tho 1 nd forms the southern nty of flic B It is rather an irregular 'of liills than a sini;]-. mountain. It consists of ily, and rises by three successive stages, one e height of 3,192 feet above tho "f the sea. The surface is clothed with vegetation summit. The lower part is wooded, and the i overgrown with heath and grass. Many A!; flourish on it. On ono side it has an almost pcr- >ieo of 2,000 foot; on >Ie it has a long gradual > ait 6 n easily ascendeil. It considerably overtops prospe Ayr; incliK. .evii nth'.vaid tho Frith of with the i Mute and Arran, and Ailsa Craig; whi.' nd Ivlin- Iinigl' ges i tho coast of In ! . 'ig- t side of tie : .e cave in for a i ,!".->t with -M ' itis a roe] ',.. used to ' and at Qreat l:. itain 'I be eioun-

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BEN .MACDifi i, 01 MI.I-. '. .n [C DHUIDH, a mountain in the I ! ihe juni-lion of : ness, 10 mil Its . in 4,22 i' Ben i nts have