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We had a lonely walk alongside Loch Lochy, which is ten miles in length; but in about six miles General Wade's road, which we followed, branched off to the left.
From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor
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After a miserable accommodation at a miserable inn, they proceeded on the banks of the Lochy towards Fort Augustus.
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While Montrose executed this counter-march, Argyle had, at the head of his gallant army, advanced up the southern side of Loch – Eil, and reached the river Lochy, which combines that lake with Loch – Lochy.
A Legend of Montrose 2008
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A distant sound was heard from far up the lake, even as it seemed from the remote and distant glens out of which the Dochart and the Lochy pour their streams into Loch Tay.
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Half that day they swam, following the water through the whole great rift that almost cuts Scotland in half, running southwest from Inverness to Fort William, through Loch Ness, Loch Oich, Loch Lochy and Loch Linnhe, from the North Sea to the Sea of the Hebrides.
The Boggart and The Monster Susan Cooper 2001
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It was when they had reached Loch Lochy that he brought disaster on himself.
The Boggart and The Monster Susan Cooper 2001
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Out in the water of Loch Lochy, one of the grey seals was no longer there, and instead the huge plesiosaur bulk of the Loch Ness Monster loomed up over them.
The Boggart and The Monster Susan Cooper 2001
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The foot-soldiers dispersed into the mountains, near Lochy, and the horse went to Lochaber, agreeing to reassemble, such was their undaunted fidelity and courage, on receiving notice from the
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. Mrs. Thomson
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Lochy -- which stretch along the line of the Great Glen of Scotland in a S.W. direction from Inverness early suggested the idea of connecting the east and west coasts of Scotland by a canal which would save ships about 400 m. of coasting voyage round the north of Great Britain through the stormy
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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The broad-shouldered Christopher, in his shooting-jacket, (a dingy green velveteen, with pocket-pouches all stuffed,) strides away along the skirts of Cruachan or Loch Lochy with such a tearing pace, and greets every lassie with such a clamorous outbreak of song, and throws such a wonderful stretch of line upon every pool, and amazes us with such stupendous "strikes" and such a whizzing of his reel, that we fairly lose our breath.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Various
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