in 1745. The navigation called the Caledonian Canal descends from the level of Loch Lochy, by a series of locks called "Neptune's staircase," into the creek or estuary of Loch Eil. At this point the glen expands, and admits a greater variety into the prospect: the river Lochy, conveying the overflowings of the lake of the same name, here contributes its impetuous waters, to resist the tide-flood of Loch Eil; and beyond this debouche, or afflux, Ben Nevis, the loftiest point in Britain, rears his gigantic front over the deep vale of Glen Nevis, that seems retiring from his vast side into the solitudes of Lochaber. From this vicinity tourists usually commence the ascent of Ben Nevis, a height of 4375 feet above the sea, and a labour seldom accomplished, even by the most active and experienced, in less than the space of an entire summer's day. The battle of Inverlochy was fought at the opening of Glen Nevis. The Campbells lay encamped in their fullest strength of numbers, on the plain in front of Inverlochy Castle; and Montrose, making forced marches during the night, came suddenly upon his foes in the morning, through the great pass of Glen Nevis. When Argyll became fully assured that Montrose conducted the attack in person, his courage forsook him, he yielded to the prudent advice of the most devoted of his adherents, and, withdrawing on board a galley which floated on Loch Eil, beheld from that secure position the slaughter of fifteen hundred of his dispirited clansmen. Inverlochy Castle is a spacious and massive quadrangular building, enclosing a large court yard, now employed occasionally as the cattle bawn of a farmer. In early Scottish history it is spoken of as an important place; it is said that king Achaius here signed a treaty of friendship with Charlemagne. It was subsequently, according to the same authorities, the site of a flourishing maritime city. ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCOTLAND, AND THE WAVERLEY NOVELS: FROM DRAWINGS BY J. M. W. TURNER, PROFESSOR, R. A. BALMER, BENTLEY, CHISHOLM, HART, A.R.A., HARDING, Mc.CLISE, A.R.A., MELVILLE, &c. &c. Comic Ellustrations by G. Cruikshank. DESCRIPTIONS BY THE REV. G. N. WRIGHT, M. A., &c. PIRATE. Embarkation of Queen Elizabeth at Greenwich Flibbertigibbet taking leave of Tressilian and Wayland Smith Flibbertigibbet's Introduction to the Porter of Kenilworth The Pirate wrecked off Sumburgh Head A Whale on Shore "She demanded the wounded man of me." FORTUNES OF NIGEL Dalgarno challenged by Glenvarloch Meeting of King James and Nigel in Greenwich Park PAQE 5 9 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 18 18 19 21 25 25 26 27 29 31 33 33 34 37 38 39 41 42 43 44 SURGEON'S DAUGHTER. Sir Kenneth and the Baron of Gilsland Sir Henry Lee blessing King Charles II. Philipson and the German Innkeeper 63 64 66 66 67 69 70 71 73 73 74 75 76 78 80 82 Ordeal by Touch, in the Church of St. John, Perth St. George's Chapel in the Cathedral of Strasburg The Middlemas Wives announcing a new Patient to Gideon Gray 82 83 |