The Highland monthly - National Library of Scotland

24 The Highland yionthly.
to Bught, and an old grievance, the cause of much annoy-
ance and litigation to the owners of Bught, was thereby
removed.
The precise signification of Loch-na-Sannish has given
rise to difficulties. In 1788 Mr Campbell Mackintosh spells
it " Loch-na-Sannach ;" but he unfortunately did not give
the significance, as he did satisfactorily once when writing
the word " Clach na halig." Of old it was used as a
general quarry for the winning of clay and marl, and its
extent added to, as well as deepened, by the great mass of
material extracted for the puddling of the canal banks in
the vicinity. It is feared that Torvean will never recover
the hashing received by the canal operations.