The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-27 00:00:00

LOCH LOMOND,

THE "NE PLUS ULTRA" OF SCOTLAND'S FAMED
LAKES,
within a short mile of the Castle and demesne, will delight the
amateurs in wild fowl shooting ; and those inclined to salmon and
trout fishing will find it to their hearts' content in the River Leven.
Such is an imperfect outline of a few of the prominent attributes
to which this famed property puts in an irresistible claim. The
difficult task, however, is still in abeyance—to pourtray in suitable
language

THE SURPASSING BEAUTY OF THE SPLENDID
SCENERY, EMBRACING THE LOVELY LOCH AND
LOFTY BEN LOMOND,

(the greatest features amid Scotland's never.ending splendour and
variety), is an undertaking to which the humble individual intrusted
with the conduct of this sale feels most acutely how inadequate he
is to the duty that has been imposed upon him ; his chief relief, nay,
" his main stay" (if he may be permitted the observation), arises out
of a reminiscence that

SCOTIA'S OWN BARD
fbund himself in the same dilemma. All those who have not par-
taken of the good fortune to sojourn amid the beauteous scenery
before alluded to, or to behold Loch Lomond sleeping in the arms
of her hundred hills by
THE LIGHT OF A SEPTEMBER MOON, OR FROM THE
THE LOFTY TOWERS OF THE CASTLE,

on. a fine evening beheld the setting sun reflecting in the distance
UPON THE GRAMPIAN HILLS,
will be enchanted by a spectacle that must awaken the most delight-
ful sensations, and, to the contemplative mind, fill him with awe
and reverence to the great Master and Creator of all things pet-
feet, to those in such a mood he would invoke with all ;humility, yet
ertrnestness, to search for what the greatest novelist of bygone days
has said of

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF
ALL THE CALEDONIAN LAKES.

The magic touch of his nerer-erring muse must awaken a sensation
first to see and then to possess

THE GREATEST FEATURE OF THIS VICINITY,
" So wondrous wild, the whole might seems
The scenery of a fairy dream."
Next in our kind remembrance
IS BEN LOMOND,
wbich will necessarily partake of its due meed of praise.
This mountain,
LIKE SAUL AMIDST HIS COMPANIONS,

o'ertops all contemporaries. The valley, teeming in wild fertility,
relieved by pastures and corn land, and varied by
ALL THE SOFTER BEAUTIES OF NATURE,

completcs a scene which can only be appreciated by ocular demon.
stration.
The Constituency of
THE BOROUGH OF DUMBARTON

will hail with delight the possessor of this Castle and Demesne,
and if his principles be worthy of their suffrages, he will probably

WALK OVER THE COURSE.

To conclude, one half of the purchase-money may remain
on security of the Estates, at four per cent. May be viewed,
with a particular of sale, to be had at the Commercial and News
Rooms and Exchange Coffee Rooms, at Glasgow and Edinburgh ;
the Waterloo, Liverpool ; the Bush, Bristol ; of Mr. Fisher, Auc-
tioneer, M 4nchester ; at the Auction Mart; and at Mr. George
Robins's Offices, Covent Garden, London, where the three beautiful
Views of the Castle and Loch may be seen.

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