lway. Pop. (1901) 1458. Situated on the
north bank of the Teith, here crossed by a three-arched bridge, and
sheltered by a ridge of wooded hills, it is in growing repute as a
health resort. A mile and a half north-east are the Falls of Bracklinn
(Gaelic, "white-foaming pool"), formed by the Keltie, which takes a leap
of 50 ft. down the red sandstone gorge on its way to the Teith. Two
miles north-west of Callander is the Pass of Leny, "the gate of the
Highlands," and farther in the same direction is Loch Lubnaig, on the
shores of which stand the ruins of St Bride's chapel. Callander owes
much of its prosperity to the fact that it is the centre from which the
Trossachs is usually visited, the route being that described in Scott's
_Lady of the Lake_. The ascent of Ben Ledi is commonly made from the
town.

CALLAO, a city, port and coast department of Peru, 8-1/2 m. west of
Lima, in 12 deg. 04' S., 77 deg. 13' W. Pop. (1905) 31,128, of whom 3349
were foreigners. The department includes the city and its environs,
Bellavista and La Punta, and the neighbouring islands, San Lorenzo,
Fronton, the Palominos, &c., and covers an area of 14-1/2 sq. m. Callao
is the principal port of the republic, its harbour being a large bay
sheltered by a tongue of land on the south called La Punta, and by the
islands of San Lorenzo and Fronton. The anchorage is good and safe, and
the harbour is one of the best on the Pacific coast of South America.
The city stands on the south side of the bay, and is built on a flat
point of land only 8 ft. above sea-level. The houses are for the most
part low and cheaply built, and the streets are narrow, badly paved,
irregular and dirty. The climate is good and the coast is swept by cool
ocean breezes, the average temperatures ranging from 65 deg. to 77 deg.
F., but notwithstanding this, Callao has a bad reputation for fevers and
contagious diseases, chiefly because of its insanitary condition. Its
noteworthy public buildings are the custom-house and its storehouses
which occupy the old quadrangular fortress built by the Spanish
government between 1770 and 1775, and cover 15 acres, the prefecture,
the military and naval offices and barracks, the post-office, three
Catholic churches, a hospital, market, three clubs and some modern
commercial houses. The present city is half a mile north of the site of
the old town, which was destroyed by an earthquake and tidal wave in
1746. For a short time the commercial