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TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



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1. Salt-Marshes. (See Map III.) 

 Throughout the coast-line of the Culbin Sands, extending 

 for upwards of six miles, littoral marsh only exists in any 



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Map III. 



Map showing distribution of vegetation in " Findhorn Bay 

 Margin " area — Northern Section. 



noteworthy degree along this small stretch by Findhorn 

 Bay. On the north shore, by the Moray Firth, the tide 

 reaches right up to the base of the high coastal dunes. 

 This accounts for the scarcity of plants of any kind along 

 that sea margin, and it is only by the Bay of Findhorn 

 that the Culbin Sands area presents an association of 



