548. Ben Lomond. This is much the highest (3192 feet) of the mountains
on the shores of Loch Lomond. The following lines on the ascent were
scratched upon the window-pane of the old inn at Tarbet a hundred years
or more ago:
"Trust not at first a quick adventurous pace;
Six miles its top points gradual from its base;
Up the high rise with panting haste I past,
And gained the long laborious steep at last;
More prudent thou--when once you pass the deep,
With cautious steps and slow ascend the steep."
549. Not a sob. That is, without panting, or getting out of breath, like
the degenerate modern tourist.
574. Glenfinlas. A wooded valley between Ben-an and Benledi, the
entrance to which is between Lochs Achray and Vennachar. It is the scene
of Scott's ballad, Glenfinlas, or Lord Ronald's Coronach. A mile from
the entrance are the falls of the Hero's Targe. See iv. 84 below.