The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

SOUTHEEN SCOTLAND. 307
of Lucerne in its precipitous rocks and abrupt turnings. But the guardian spirit
of the lake has become the bondmaiden of human, industry, for the city of
Glasgow has taken possession of Loch Katrine, in order that it may supply its
inhabitants and factories with pure water. An aqueduct, 44 miles in length, of
Fig. 151.
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Loch Lomoxd.
Scile 1 : 350,0e0.
which 12 miles are tunnelled, pours every second 380 gallons of water into the
reservoirs of the town. Manchester, in looking to one of the lakes of Cumber-
land for its supply of water, is only following the example set by this great city of
Scotland.
Almost without lochs, the Lowlands are poor, likewise, in islands, and the larger