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Following the boundaries at the head of the Dornoch 

 Firth in the south, comes the Kyle of Sutherland, which 

 latter stretches its tidal waters inland to a little beyond 

 the mouth of the river Cassley. Proceeding westward, 

 the river Oykel resumes the office of the Kyle, and for 

 some ten miles, between Kosehall and Oykel Bridge, 

 separates this county from Ross-shire on the south. All 

 along this boundary line, and upon the northern bank of 

 the Kyle and river, runs the high road between Bonar 

 Bridge on the Dornoch Firth, and Oykel Bridge on the 

 river of that name. Between Oykel Bridge and Altna- 

 gealgach the high road crosses over a peninsular portion 

 of Ross-shire, which abuts upon the previous line of the 

 county march, and here the boundary, following the 

 Oykel river to Loch Ailsh, runs up to near Coinnebheal, 

 turning southward along the top of Braebag and out at 

 Altnagealgach, the high road again entering Sutherland 

 at this point. At Altnagealgach the march commences 

 on the south side of Loch Borrolan, and includes the 

 whole of the watershed of that loch to the top of the 

 Cromalt hills, the chain of lochs of which Veyattie and 

 Fewn are the chief, and the river Kirkaig, the latter con- 

 tinuing down to the sea, and separating Sutherland from the 

 county of Cromarty, which here approaches it on the south. 



The total area of Sutherland, excluding water-areas, 

 is put down by the Ordnance Survey at 1,297,848 

 acres. In addition to this are the areas of fresh water 

 contained within its boundaries, amounting to 47,631 

 acres or thereby ; foreshore occupies 12,812 acres, and 

 tidal waters 1553 acres, or a total area of the whole 

 districts under our consideration of 1,359,845 acres, or 

 about 2124 square miles. 



Of the land area 260,765 acres, or about 407 square 

 miles are occupied by waste or non-arable land, composed 

 of mountain or moorland, sheep-farm, and deer-forest, or 

 "links" of sand, such as those between the Dornoch 

 Firth and Dunrobin. Arable land occupies 31,787 acres, 

 or about 60 square miles, including the improved lands 

 at Lairg and in the parish of Kildonan, and the south-east 



