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

TROSSACHS, THE (Gaelic, " the bristled See also:
COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)
country," a crude allusion to its See also:
PHYSICAL
physical features) , a See also:

DEFILE

defile in the See also:

south-See also:

west of See also:

PERTHSHIRE

Perthshire, See also:

Scotland. It is a narrow, beautifully wooded glen, of no See also:

GREAT

great See also:

DEPTH

depth, extending from See also:

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

Loch Achray to Loch See also:

KATRINE, LOCH

Katrine, and continued thence by a See also:

STRIP

strip on the See also:

north-eastern See also:

SHORE

shore to a point above the now submerged See also:

SILVER

Silver Strand opposite to Ellen's Isle—a See also:

TOTAL

total distance of 22 m. It is situated 8 m. W. of See also:

CALLANDER

Callander and 5 M. N. of See also:

ABERFOYLE

Aberfoyle, with both of which places there is daily communication by See also:

COACH (through the Fr. coche, originally from the Magyar kocsi, an adjective from the Hungarian place named Kocs, between Raab and Buda, i.e. the sort of vehicle used there in the 15th century)

coach during the tourist See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season. It lies between the steep See also:

green slopes of See also:

BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

Ben See also:

VENUE (derived through the French, from Lat. venire, to come)

Venue (2393 ft.) on the S.W. and the precipitous craigs of Ben A'an (1750 ft.) on the N.E. Characterized by lovely scenery, owing to its harmonious blending of See also:

wood; See also:

WATER

water, See also:

rock and See also:

hill, the region has been famous ever since the See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of See also:

Sir See also:

Walter See also:

Scott's 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 and Rob See also:

ROY, WILLIAM (1726-1790)

Roy. Before the construction of the road that now winds through the pass, Sir Walter says that the only See also:

ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access to the lake was by means of a See also:

LADDER, (0. Eng. hlaeder; of Teutonic origin, cf. Dutch leer, Ger. Leiter; the ultimate origin is in the root seen in " lean," Or. KNiµat)

ladder formed out of the branches and roots of trees. A rustic See also:

PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier has been built at the Trossachs end of Loch Katrine for the convenience of tourists, and a large hotel stands on the See also:

NORTHERN

northern shore of Loch Achray, near the beginning of the pass.

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