"On the 16th June 1859 there was fished up from the bottom of the loch, near the north shore, opposite to the Prison Island, a canoe (Fig. 1), hollowed out of a single oak-tree, 22-1/2 feet long, 3 feet 2 inches wide over the top at the stern, 2 feet 10 inches in the middle, and 2 feet 9 inches at 6 feet from the bow, which ended nearly in a point. The edges are thin and sharp, the depth irregular--in one place 5 inches, the greatest 9 inches. There are no seats nor rollocks or places for oars; but there may have been seats along the sides, secured by pins through holes still in the bottom. There are two rents in the bottom, alongside of each other, about 18 feet long each; to remedy these, five bars across had been mortised into the bottom outside, from 22 to 27 inches long and 3 inches broad, except at the ends, where they were a kind of dovetailed, and 4 inches broad. One of these bars still remains, and is of very neat workmanship, and neatly mortised in. The other bars are lost, but their places are quite distinct. They have been fastened with pins, for which there are five pairs of holes through the bottom of the canoe, at the opposite side, at a distance of from 18 to 20 inches, the bottom being flattish. There are also five pairs of larger holes through the bottom, and also at the opposite sides, which may have been for fastening seats with pins along the sides of the canoe. There are two bars mortised longitudinally into the bottom of the boat outside, above the seats before spoken of, 2-1/4 inches broad, one at the stern 5 feet long, and the other beginning 5 feet from the stern, and extending 7-1/2 feet towards the bow. The canoe looks as it had been partly scooped out with fire. The bottom is 2 feet 8 inches wide at the stern, and 28 inches wide at the middle. The stern is 18 inches thick, and somewhat worn down at the top. "MʽPherson, the turner, says that twenty years ago a boat was taken up from the loch 26 feet long, sharp at both ends, otherwise coble-built, 8 feet broad in the bottom, which was flat, made of oak planks, overlapping one another, and lined under the overlapping with wool and tar."--(_Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot._ vol. vi. pp. 167-171.)] [Footnote 16: In Maitland's _History of Scotland_ I find the curious statement made that Boece states that in Loch Lomond there were fish without fins, waves without wind, and a floating island.--(_Boet. Scot. Reg. Descript._ fol. 7.)] [Footnote 17: _Proceedings_, 8th December 1865.] [Footnote 18: See also _Proceedings of Dumfries and Galloway N. H. Soc._ for 1865.] [Footnote 19: _Proceedings Soc. Antiq. Scot._ vol. vi. pp. 114 _et seq._] [Footnote 20: _Proceedings Soc. Antiq. Scot._ vol. iii., new series, p. 155.] [Footnote 21: _Proceedings Soc. Antiq. Scot._ vol. ii., new series, pp. 127, 128.] [Footnote 22: _Proceedings Soc. Antiq. Scot._ vol. iii., new series, p. 266.]