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BEN VENUE

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 754 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

BEN See also:
VENUE (derived through the French, from Lat. venire, to come)
VENUE , a See also:

mountain in See also:

south-See also:

west See also:

PERTHSHIRE

Perthshire, See also:

Scotland, 10 m. W. of See also:

CALLANDER

Callander. Its See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal peaks are 2393 and 2386 ft. high, and, owing to its position near the south-eastern See also:

SHORE

shore of See also:

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

Loch See also:

KATRINE, LOCH

Katrine, its imposing See also:

CONTOUR

contour is one of the most See also:

FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar features in the scenery of the See also:

TROSSACHS, THE (Gaelic, " the bristled country," a crude allusion to its physical features)

Trossachs, the mountain itself figuring prominently in The See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady of the See also:

Lake. On its See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

BASE

base, See also:

close to the lake, See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

Walter See also:

Scott placed the See also:

COIR (from Malay Kayar, cord, Kayaru, to be twisted)

Coir-nan-Uriskin, or " Goblin's See also:

Cave." Immediately to the south of the cave is the dell called Beal(ach)-nam-Bo, or " See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

Cattle Pass," through which were driven to the See also:

REFUGE

refuge of the Trossachs the herds lifted by the Highland marauders in their excursions to the lands south of Loch See also:

LOMOND, LOCH

Lomond. The pass, though comparatively unvisited, offers the grandest scenery in the See also:

DISTRICT

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