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BEAUTIES OF SCOTLAND.
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Den of the Ghost; to the rock which rises 200 feet perpendicular above the lake, and walk the road, that is cut and blown out of the rocks, to a high point before you.

To the north of Callender is Ben-le-Dia, the Hill of God, commonly called Ben Lidi.

Do not fail seeing Brackland Brig, over the water of Kelty (or violent).

Observe the peculiar stone with which the town of Callender is built; the crag above the town is of the same sort of stone, called the Plum-pudding stone. At Callender is a curious conical hill, where the old church stood, called Tom-ma-Chessaig, the Hill of St. Kessaig.

From Callender to Lochearn Head, 12 miles. You cannot well sleep at Lochearn Head; therefore set out very early from Callender, that you may get to Crieff before it be dark.

On quitting Callender, and the town that joins it, called Kilmahog, observe on the left, the river Teith; it is the most considerable branch of the Forth; one stream of it comes from Loch Van-a-Choir, the other from Loch Lubnaig, and join at Kilmahog. At the pass of Lennie, observe some beautiful cataracts of the water that comes from Loch Lubnaig, which you will soon join