spot on which this brief but sanguinary struggle occurred is a narrow defile, the highest part of which rises abruptly over Loch Ard head, above which Ben Lomond raises his graceful form. A similar ambush, and equally successful, was laid in this part of the pass for the soldiers of Cromwell, who were here set upon and repulsed with considerable loss by a party of Highlanders, commanded by the Earl of Glencairn.

The clachan of Aberfoil is twenty miles from Stirling, five miles from the port of Monteith, five miles from the Trosachs, and enriched by scenery rendered classical by the genius of the first of modern novelists. The Duke of Montrose, the principal landed proprietor here, has erected a handsome inn in the village.

"With these assurances of mutual aid and continued good will, we (Bailie Jarvie and Frank Osbaldistone) bore away from the shore, and took our course for the southwestern angle of the lake, where it gives birth to the river Leven. Rob Roy remained for some time standing on the rock from beneath which we had departed, conspicuous by his long gun, waving tartans, and the single plume in his cap, which in those days denoted the Highland gentleman and soldier, although the present military taste has decorated the Highland bonnet with a quantity of black plumage resembling that which is borne before funerals. At length, as the distance increased between us, we saw him turn, and go slowly up the side of the hill, followed by his immediate attendants or body guard."

The magnificent scenery of Loch Lomond, the Lausanne of Caledonia, is thus described by Frank Osbaldistone, upon the occasion of his visit to Rob Roy's retreat. "The lofty peak of Ben Lomond, here the predominant monarch of the mountains, lay on our right hand, and served as a striking land-mark. I was not awakened from my apathy until, after a long and toilsome walk, we emerged through a pass in the hills, and Loch Lomond opened before us. I will spare you the attempt to describe what you would hardly comprehend without going to see it. But certainly this noble lake,