Lochs

There is only one "lake" in Scotland: the Lake of Menteith. All the rest are "lochs", as in "Loch Ness".

All around were herds of beautiful cattle cropping the rich herbage or listlessly lolling under trees - horses, goats and swine seen in every direction attending to the cravings of Nature - on the lochs wild duck abundant and now and then the solitary heron could be seen, standing motionless in shallow water.