WATER SYSTEMS. 



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the romantic rocks of Sluie, in the shifting sands and silting shoals 

 of Findhom Bay below Forres. 



The Moray Firth constitutes the marine area. This is a 

 great area of sea which may shortly be defined as lying 

 altogether to the westward of a line drawn from the Point of 

 Cairnbulg near Fraserburgh, in a direct course to the Ord of 

 Caithness, or even, in a still fuller acceptation, as far as the 

 north-east point of Scotland, at Duncansbay Head. But for the 

 purposes of this volume, the area is restricted to include no land 

 which drains into it any farther north than the boundary of the 

 drainage area south of the Ord. Later, under Faunal Position, 

 we will again have occasion to refer more pointedly to this 

 marine area. 



