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BEN LOMOND

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 740 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

BEN See also:
LOMOND, LOCH
LOMOND , a See also:

MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain in the See also:

north-See also:

west of See also:

STIRLINGSHIRE

Stirlingshire, See also:

Scotland. It is situated near the eastern See also:

BANK

bank of See also:

LOCH, HENRY BROUGHAM LOCH, 1ST BARON (1827-1900)

Loch Lomond, about 9 m. from the See also:

head and about 15 from the See also:

FOOT

foot. It is 3192 ft. high, and the prevailing rocks are See also:

GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite, See also:

MICA

mica schist, See also:

DIORITE (from the Gr. S&oi4eiv to distinguish, from hA through, Epos, a boundary)

diorite, See also:

PORPHYRY (IlopcPisptos) (A.D. 233-c. 304)

porphyry and See also:

QUARTZITE

quartzite, the last, where it crops out on the See also:

SURFACE

surface, gleaming in the distance like See also:

SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow. Duchray See also:

WATER

Water, a head-stream of the Forth, rises in the north-See also:

east See also:

SHOULDER (in O.E. sculder, cognate with Ger. Schulter, Dutch schouder, Swed. skuldra, &c; the root is unknown)

shoulder. The See also:

hill, which is covered with grass to the See also:

TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top, is a favourite climb, being ascended from Rowardennan (the easiest) or Inversnaid on the See also:

lake, or See also:

ABERFOYLE

Aberfoyle to m. inland due east. The view from the See also:

SUMMIT

summit extends northward as far as the See also:

GRAMPIANS, THE

Grampians, with occasional glimpses of Ben See also:

NEVIS

Nevis; westward to See also:

Jura in the See also:

ATLANTIC

Atlantic; See also:

south-westward to See also:

Arran in the See also:

Firth of See also:

Clyde; southward to Tinto Hill, the Lowthers and Cairnsmore; and eastward to See also:

EDINBURGH

Edinburgh See also:

Castle and See also:

Arthur's Seat.

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