assembled on the first of May to kindle the sacred fire in honour of the
sun, on its summit. Near the summit of Ben Ledi is a small lake, called
Loch-au-nan Corp, the Lake of Dead Bodies, a name which it derived from an
accident which happened to a funeral here. The lake was frozen and covered
with snow; and when the funeral was crossing it, the ice gave way, and all
the attendants perished.

About a mile N.E. of Callander is Bracklin Bridge, a rustic work only three
feet broad, thrown across a deep chasm, along the bottom of which rolls the
river Keltie. The torrent, after making several successive cataracts, at
length falls in one sheet about 50 feet in height, presenting from the
bridge an appalling spectacle.

Another curiosity near Callander is the Pass of Leney, a narrow ravine,
skirted with woods, and hemmed in with rocks, through which a stream,
issuing from Loch Lubnaig, rushes with amazing force, forming a series of
cascades.


_Linlithgow._


The palace, which forms the chief object of curiosity in Linlithgow, is a
majestic ruin, situated on the margin of a beautiful lake, and covering
more than an acre. It is entered by a detached archway, on which were
formerly sculptured the four orders borne by James V., the Thistle, Garter,
Holy Ghost, and Golden Fleece; but these are now nearly effaced. The palace
itself is a massive quadrangular edifice of polished stone, the greater
part being five stories in height. A plain archway leads to the interior
court, in the centre of which are the ruins of the well.