THIS Old-Established and Favourite Hotel adjoins the Callander Railway Station, and is the most convenient and comfortable place for Tourists, to and from Oban and the Trossachs, to break their journey. Large Posting Establishment. Coaches to the Trossachs. Accommodation Fishing on the River and Lochs free to Visitors. for over 100 Sleepers. MODERATE CHARGES. TARIFF, Table d'Hôte Breakfast, 2s. 6d. ; Dinner, 4s.; Tea, Is. 6d.; Bedroom, 2s. 6d. and upwards; Attendance, per day, Is. 6d.; Private Parlour, 5s. and upwards. Table d'Hôte Dinner at 6.30. F. KLEFFEL, MANAGER. DUMFRIES 16. GLASGOW TO AYR AND WAY... BY STIRLING. EDINBURGH TO OBAN BY STIRLING Page 99 105 106 59 28. EDINBURGH TO DUNDEE 18. PORTREE TO LOCHMADDY 67 20. GLASGOW TO EDINBURGH 71 21. GLASGOW TO OBAN 22. OBAN TO STAFFA IONA 23. OBAN TO INVERNESS 24. OBAN TO GLENCOE 25. OBAN ΤΟ MULL SKYE ABBOTSFORD, AND DRY BURGH AND 33. EDINBURGH TO BERWICK 84 COTLAND, one of the component parts of Great Britain, occupies the northern, the smaller, and less fertile portion of that island. It is washed on the west and north by the Atlantic, and on the east by the German Ocean; and on the 114 117 BY WAVERLEY ROUTE 118 35. INVERNESS TO THURSO AND WICK . . 119 south is bounded by England, the Solway Firth, and part of the Irish Sea. Its coast-line presents the most fantastic irregularities: here jutting into the ocean in high narrow peninsulas, there receding far inland in lake-like gulfs, and again suddenly starting seaward, and breaking into a number of bold rocky headlands. Its greatest length from the Mull of Galloway on the south, to Dunnet Head on the north, is about 280 miles; its breadth is variable, being about 146 miles between Buchan Ness, in Aberdeenshire, and the extreme point of Rossshire on the west. It contains about 29,500 square miles of land, and its fresh water covers an area of nearly 560 square miles. The population of Scotland by the last census (1881) was 3,734,441. The surface of the country is varied and unequal. In that portion of it usually termed the Lowlands, the hills are of moderate height; in the Highlands, or that division which is separated by the Grampians from the southerly parts, every variety of mountain scenery is to be found, much of which is inaccessible. The Grampian mountains extend from sea to sea, with a breadth of from 40 to 60 miles, and among them is the highest land in Great Britain. Ben Nevis, in Inverness-shire, is 4095 feet above the level of the sea. In the Lowland division, Heartfell in Dumfriesshire, and Lowthers in Lanarkshire, rise more than 3000 feet above the level of the sea. An elevation of 600 feet is considered in Scotland the limit of profitable tillage. The chief rivers of Scotland are the Forth, the Tweed, the Clyde, the Tay, and the Spey. The Tay is the largest of these rivers, and the Clyde, which is navigable for large ships as far up as Glasgow, is the next in size. The chief lakes of Scotland are Loch Lomond, Loch Awe, Loch Tay, Loch Katrine, Loch Earn, Loch Ness, and Loch Leven; the latter celebrated for its trout, and on account of the castle on one of its islands having been once the prison of Mary Queen of Scots. The climate is later than that of |