Lonmay n~ -the 

 pari**** m UM interior j near the head 



_ _ but not in mat 

 UMeW.tyi.mioa.Uto. Inti 



UM a*s*m of UM weather, ar* 



quantity. The 

 i the part* adjacent 



j a tendency to pa*. 



_ Berpeotine and primitive 

 CUy (Ute, graywacke, and 

 UM northern part of UM county. 

 _*to*M (apparently UM old formation) 



b teejlla UM eame divtriot. Trap rook* ar* of continual occurrence 

 a* UM mUwl awl hilly part of UM county; and veins or dyke* of trap 

 are ehesned in part* ear the eaet ooast. 



M MM) Af . The (oil of UM county varie. much. The 

 1 -kux m.r h. anoaidored a* repre- 

 are respectively 



. . 

 -e five rater to pariaha. which may be oonakUred a* repre- 

 UM dietric** of UM omuity la which they 



and Crathie, containing about 

 or SIS aquare uulea, comprehend the highland* 

 ofUMDea. Thi* district U. a variable but healthy 



by number of mountains 



afflnente 



ef the Dee. Thend I* loamy. generally dry, re*ting nnMtime* on 

 dry yoDow day. but more frequently on gravel The greater part of 

 UM parish U u'aenltit atod, and from 10,000 to 1 1,000 acre* are covered 

 with wood. The natural wood* ooneUt of birch, alder, poplar, and 

 >*>. Th* planted wood* ar* chiefly larch and Hootch firs. 

 Hum of the latter an of immense sin, and aaid to be from 300 to 

 400 years old. The ftr limber of the forest of Mar i*, for sise and 

 quality- UM *ret in UM Britiah Uland*. Thi* forest is well stocked 

 with red-deer sad row: it alo aibrd. good pasturage. The quantity 

 of '-ir* cultivated U hut email Th* black-freed or Liutou i. the 

 prrrmleat hreed of eheep; and the small black-horned the prevalent 

 Creed of eatUe. The adjaeent highland pariah of Strathdon (about 

 *7.MO aerea, or 10f *quar* mile.) has U*s natural wood ; it i* chiefly 

 The eoil in the rtralh or valley of the Don i* good deep loam, 

 chiefly .m graral On UM top* of the hill* are peat-mosses of 

 .jrabUextonl Th* quantity of arable land i* about 4500 Scotch 

 , and there are SOOO aore* of plantation, chiefly larch and Scotch 

 ftr. Agriculture ha* mad* .toady progress, and much land ha* been 

 brought into cultivation by trenching and drainage. Lime, the 

 M*M**J in*, i* dug in UM pariah, and each farm has commonly 

 i lime-tim. The nuw-honaes are commodious, and the offices are 

 tgiuHim, buiH of stone and lime, with slated roofs. 

 thrashing mill*, water being the moving force. 

 of Lumphaoan, Kinoardtn Uford, and 



oaaaMarahU district between UM Don and the 



of a 



There are e wm 

 Taw pariahe. 

 Tottrh, form 



Dee, addway betwwo Ik* aovjoea of thoec riven and their outfall. 

 Tbe aia boot 40,000 aorec, of which about two-flfth. are under 

 ud about 6SOO MTM are occupied by plantation.. The 

 of UMtamuki atMMMlOOMrae; but there are many 'croft.' 

 of 10 or lea* acrea. A conaiderablc part of the arable 



lead b mclowL and diridcd by dry .tune walU. thorn hedge* have 

 i Mrodneed. A eooeideranle quantity of lean stock U reared for 







i RMdUh marketa. They ar* usually brought to market at three 

 mold. Th* oktUe arc chiefly UM bog-homed black or brown 

 " reed ; orn*.rl aometimes with the West Highland 

 with UM Teeewater breed; sometime* wiUi the 

 _ Th* hone* ar. of the old mall-abed hardy broed 

 , or of Urnr breed, introduced from the south. The 

 ehMty of Hootch 8r and larch. 



l Kowran. U* on UM ooea*, aonth of Peteriioad, 

 r UM mouth of the Tthaa ; and LcfU Buchan and Kllon 

 them op. UM Inland aide. Thaw ive pariahe* form a dietriot extend- 

 ing aloaf UM oo*M for about 14 mil**; and Mntohing in *oui* 

 pare* or 9 mile* inland : the area U about 100 auuar* miles, or 

 I.OW eon* ; probably fcurflfUu an under cultivation. The wood- 

 land*, which ar* ohUfy in the pariah of Kllon, do not nosed BOO 

 aeraa Th* wood k* ehUty Una and aVntah dr. The soil v.rir. 

 met) hi UM axMthera part of Kllon H i* chiely a loo**, black, |aty 

 wilful adaliture of white sand, mting on a white 



. 



pariah the anil U a 4**p cUy. retentive awl unpro- 

 lawHn; but mUM-mth. near Ih* Hank... fth. Ythan and iUaffiiMnU, 

 eh* Mil h> more fertile. In UM pariah of Klein. UM soil i* chiefly day; 

 hwl than U a eoa*.l.r.U. era* of fcrtU. loam. The eultlvaato. of 

 i* b*s greaUy extoaded for UM tattooing of Mock lot the 

 ark**. The hned ef horse, ha. D*M improved by UM 

 kw of MMTMT CrfdeadaU mares awl other w*tountrj 

 Th* oatU* wen formerly chiefly of the Aberdeeathin 

 awl Aawn. mtlerf bread*, but nf late yaan UM Te**water 

 rwtd eattw here b**a gamin*; ground, being valued a* 

 and greater *b. Hbeep-farming Is not 

 Urn *rotton anfeaoraUy 

 I ... ,,. , 



' 



' "".' 



I on. and approached by 



of new tonpike-road* and the improve- 



ABEBDEES8HIRE. '* 



meat of other road* have born important aid* to the general advance- 

 ment of agriculture. 



Im-uiinu, Tumi, frr. Tbe county comprehend* the five n 

 districte of Mar, Formartin, Buchan, Oarioch, and Strathbogie, not at 

 prevent recognised for any pui-pose*. Mar is that part 



of the county which lies soutli of the I Mi ; liraemar being a *ullivi- 

 aion. It give* the .. branch of the family of Erskina. 



Formartin or Formartine oomprUes the coast between the Don and 

 the Ythan, and inland up UM right bank of the Ythan to the border of 

 Banffiihire : it give* th* title of viscount to the Earl of Aberdeen. The 

 district of Buchan comprehends that part of the county which lie* 

 north and north-east of the Ythan. The title of Kurl of BnohaB -till 

 belong* to a branch of the Erskine family. Oarioch is an inland <! 

 about the Urie and its feeders ; and Strathbogie an inland district, 

 comprehending, a* its name indicates, the valley of < 

 the affluent* of the Deveron, and including part of the valley of the 

 Deveron itself near the junction of the Bogie. 



The county contains the city niul royal and parliamentary burgh of 

 ABCBDKBN ; the royal and parliamentary burghs of Inverury, Kintore, 

 and PITEBHIAD ; the burgh* of barony of Charlestown, FR AKEH i 



1 Mdd rum, Hosehearty, and Turriff. Of those place* 

 printed in small capital* an account will be found under their respec- 

 tive title* ; the other* we notice here. 



Charlrtlovm, or Ckarlrtton, distinguished as Charleston of Aboync, a 

 burgh of barony in the parish of Aboyno, is situated on a small stream 

 which falls at a short distance from the village into the river Dee, and 

 U about 204 mile* W. from Aberdeen. The population of the burgh 

 of Chariestown in 1841 was 260; that of the parish of Aboyne was 

 1188. The parish church is about a quarter of a mile west of the 

 village. There i* also a Free church, l-'.urs for cattle, *het-| 

 horses, are held here in February, April, Juno, July, October, and 

 November. Near the village is a suspension-bridge over the Dee, 

 erected in the place of one destroyed by the floods in 1821*. On 

 Mullach's Hill, in the neighbourhood of t'harlestown, are several of 

 the tumuli called cairns. 



Inverury, a royal and parliamentary burgh in the parish of Inverury, 

 is about 15 miles N.W. from Aberdeen on the road to Elgin. It* 

 charter as a royal burgh was granted by Queen Mary in 155s. 

 population of the parliamentary burgh in 1851 was 22(54. 

 governed by a provost and eight councillors; and unites with 

 Culleu, Elgin, Kintore, and Peterhead, in returning one member to the 

 Imperial Parliament. Besides the parish church, there are Free dim. h. 

 Methodist, Independent, Episcopal, and Uoman Catholic chap. 

 Episcopalian school, and a saving!) bank. Inverury is lighted with gas. 

 Numerous fain for cattle, horses, and grain are held in the course of 

 the year. The canal from Aberdeen terminates at Inverury. 



Kinlnrr, a very ancient royal and parliamentary burgh in the parish 

 of Kintore, 12 miles N.W. from Aberdeen. The burgh had it* I 

 from Jame* IV. in 1506. The population of the Inirgh in 1851 was 

 47H. The town is governed by a provost and 12 councillors, an 

 jointly with Banff, Cull.-ii, Kl^in, Invcrury, and Peterhead, returns one 

 member to the Imperial Parliament. Kintore consist - chidly 

 street, running from a bridge over the Tuuch burn, which he: 

 into the river Don. A bridge crosses the Torry bum, win 

 Tuach, and two bridge* cross the Aberdeen Canal. There are h 

 parish church, which will accommodate 700 person*, a Free church, u 

 parochial school, a library, and a savings bank. A cattle fair is held 

 here on the fourth Monday in October. The town-house is a respect- 

 sble building. Tort KlphinxUme, a landing place on the Aberdeen 

 Canal, is in the jiarish of Kintore, though comprehended in the burgh 

 of Inverury. By the canal, lime is imported, and granite in exported 

 Klpliinxtone are grain-mills, saw-mills, and timbrr-yards. 

 Near KinWe, on the south, are the remains of Hall-forest (Win, said 

 to have been built l.y King Kobert Bruce. It is a square building, still 

 of considerable height, but once of much larger dim. ;; ion*. 



MtUrum, or OU Mtfdrum, is a burgh of Dan. ny. in th,- p., 

 Meldrum or Methelnle, d.-tri.-t of (i.uiorh, 18 miles N.N.W. from 

 Aberdeen. The population of the town was 1102 in 1841 ; it i 

 1300. It dates as n burgh from 1672, but there are no magi. ; 

 Horn* of the houae* are upwards of a century old. Besides the | 

 church, then are a Free church, United Presbyterian and Episcopal 

 chapel., two partly endowed schools, and a savings bank. There is a 

 weekly market on Saturday for provisions ; and market* or fairs for 

 cattle, horse., and grain, are held in January, February, May, A 

 and November. The inhabitant* are chiefly dependent on ngrici 

 Brewing and duitilling are carrind on. Some of the inhabitants are 

 employed in weaving, and in the knitting of worsted stockings. A 

 Roman encampment nan been traced in the parish. 



j, a Ashing village and a burgh of barony, in PiUligo ]mrixh, 

 U situated on th- M..m> Knth, 4 mile* W. from FVaecrl.uivh. HIH| 

 M mile* N. by W. from Aberdeen, The population of the l.m 

 1841 wa* 7SO. It ooniiate of several small streets, month n 

 parallel with the beach. The pariah church is A *h<.> 

 with a handsome whool-houae adjacent In the village are : 

 horah, a I'nited Precbytorian church, a female school, and several 

 friendly ncietiea. A small pnl.lic library in attached to th. 

 achool. The harbour, which in of solid masonry, affords com. 

 shelter to nshing-1-.at., and admits vowel* of 70 tons burden. The 



