River Farrar

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Farrer, a small river of Ross and Inverness shires. It rises among mountains of SW Ross-shire, 9 miles E of the head of Loch Carron, and thence winds 27½ miles east-north-eastward and east-by-southward, expanding at various points into Lochs Monar, Miulie, and Bunacharan (1¼ mile x 2¹/₃ furl.; 367 feet), till, 5 furlongs S by W of Erchless Castle, it unites with the Glass to form the river Beauly. Its glen, Strathfarrer, is a series of circular meadowy spaces, two of them occupied by Lochs Miulie and Bunacharan, and all flanked by bold, rocky, intricate, mountainous acclivities, partly fringed with wood; and it displays a rich variety of picturesque scenery. Its waters are well stocked with trout and grilse. A carriage road, striking into Strathfarrer from Strathglass, crosses the river, near its mouth, by a strong bridge, and ascends the glen to the foot of Loch Monar; and a footpath goes thence, through a wild mountain region, and partly through a mountain pass, to Lochs Carron and Alsh. Masses of graphite or black lead lie embedded among gneiss rocks in the mouth of Strathfarrer.—Ord. Sur., shs. 82, 83, 1882-81.

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