Doon

Doon, a famous river of Scotland, rising in the south-east of Ayrshire in Loch Enoch. It runs north-west through Loch Doon, a gloomy sheet of water, 6 miles long by $\backslash frac\{3\}\{4\}$ of a mile wide, surrounded by bare treeless mountains, past Dalmellington, Burns's Monument, and Alloway Kirk, to join the Firth of Clyde 2 miles S. of Ayr. Its whole length is about 30 miles. On leaving Loch Doon, the river flows through the picturesque Glen Ness, a rocky and beautifully wooded ravine. On an islet in the loch are the ruins of a castle. Burns has made this one of the world's most classic streams: the 'banks and braes o' bonny Doon' will be sung when Alpheus and Eurotas are forgotten.