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PREFACE
These pages—containing
some notes of a locality unsurpassed in placid loveliness, and
surrounded by much of the sublime, but which has hitherto attracted
little notice of the great travelling world—are now, for the first time,
presented to the public in a collected form.
When the idea first occurred to the Author, of bringing
the “Lake of Monteith,” and the old traditions that still linger around
its shores, prominently before the public, he was actuated by the desire
of lending his humble aid to raise in the estimation of those who,
flying from the din and bustle of commerce, seek for health and pleasure
amid the glories of Nature, a locality which, although seldom traversed
by the tourists who flock from all quarters of the world, to behold,
with their own eyes, the land of “the mountain and the flood,” is, in
his estimation, unrivalled in its varied charms, and to which he feels
proud to be united by the strong tie of nativity. In attempting this,
however, he acknowledges his inability to do justice to a subject with
which only the genius of a Scott or of a Burns could competently engage.
The Author craves, therefore, the kind indulgence of the
courteous reader in his perusal of these pages; and, should he consider
they lack that interest, he is requested to visit the district which
they attempt to describe, and he will find attraction without limit, of
the most interesting and imposing character.
PORT OF MONTEITH STATION,
1st June, 1866.
CONTENTS
Inchmahome
Traditions regarding Sir John Menteith
Tradition regarding the Decline of the Earldom
Traditional Battles,
Betty’s Field
The Earl’s Niece
Talla
Life of Rob Roy
Last Moments of Rob Roy
Life of Young Rob Roy
From Stirling to Inchmahome
Doing Aberfoyle
Cardross—Its Mosses—Their Age and Treasure
The Erskines of Cardross
Garden
Monteith
The Stirlings of Garden
The Forresters of Arngibbon
The M'Lachlans of Auchentroig
A Sabbath on Ben-Lomond
A Buchlyvie Lyke-Wake of the Olden Time
Curious Old Tradition regarding the Earl of Monteith
Curious Tradition regarding the Fairies
Monteith—Earl of Monteith
Graham—Earl of Monteith
Extracts from the Record of the Session-Book of Port |
