A Day on the High Tops 



snow, and on Braeriach great fields and cornices remained. 

 The distant hills were distinct, and the large snowfields on 

 Ben Nevis were prominent. Big snow wreaths could be seen 

 covering the high ground above the Dubh Loch on Loch- 

 nagar, but Beinn a' Ghl6 was almost free of snow, and Beinn 

 a'Bhuird and Beinn Avon were also in like case as seen from 

 the west. 



As usual, the eagle was at his hunting above the plateau, 

 and sailed across the grass-grown corrie known as Coire mhor 

 na Lairige. Scarce a breath of wind stirred, and the sky 

 was of a very deep blue and almost cloudless, except where, 

 far to the south, a layer of white cumulus clouds gathered. 



In Coire an Lochan of Cairngorm, a fresh avalanche of 

 great frozen blocks of snow lay piled up near the lochan. 



Late that evening the hills were extraordinarily clear, 

 but before dark a strong and cold northerly wind brought 

 mist once more to their tops, and this continued to hide 

 them for some days. 



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