﻿INTRODUCTION. 
  

  

  38 
  

  

  and 
  its 
  nest 
  might 
  be 
  found 
  did 
  time 
  allow 
  us 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  

   search. 
  Braid 
  Cairn, 
  however, 
  invites 
  us 
  onward, 
  and 
  we 
  

   cross 
  its 
  brow 
  (2907) 
  and 
  pass 
  to 
  Cock 
  Cairn 
  (2387), 
  thence 
  

   to 
  the 
  Hill 
  of 
  Cat 
  (2435). 
  Crossing 
  Gannoch 
  (2396), 
  we 
  

   proceed 
  to 
  Mudlee 
  Bracks 
  (2259), 
  and 
  still 
  going 
  eastward 
  

   to 
  the 
  Hill 
  of 
  Cammie 
  (2028), 
  passing 
  Loch 
  Tennet, 
  whose 
  

   waters 
  form 
  the 
  source 
  of 
  the 
  Water 
  of 
  Aven. 
  Here 
  our 
  

   route 
  turns 
  south-east 
  to 
  Mount 
  Battock 
  (2555), 
  and 
  viewing 
  

   our 
  district 
  from 
  the 
  mountain 
  top, 
  the 
  immediate 
  fore- 
  

   ground 
  is 
  filled 
  in 
  by 
  the 
  two 
  Cock 
  Hills 
  (1960 
  and 
  1780), 
  

   Peter's 
  Hill 
  (2023), 
  Luther 
  Moss, 
  and 
  the 
  deep 
  valley 
  along 
  

   which 
  the 
  Aven 
  flows. 
  Not 
  a 
  tree 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  these 
  

   solitudes, 
  which 
  are 
  mostly 
  clothed 
  in 
  heather, 
  through 
  

   which 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  granite 
  ribs 
  crop 
  out. 
  Nothing 
  

   seems 
  to 
  thrive 
  except 
  the 
  "Averen" 
  (Rubus 
  chamamonts), 
  

   whose 
  fine 
  white 
  flowers 
  are 
  seen 
  in 
  profusion 
  as 
  they 
  

   struggle 
  through 
  and 
  overtop 
  the 
  heath. 
  

  

  From 
  Mount 
  Battock 
  the 
  line 
  turns 
  to 
  south-east-by- 
  

   south 
  over 
  the 
  Hill 
  of 
  Saughs 
  (2142) 
  onward 
  to 
  the 
  Hill 
  of 
  

   Fingaray 
  (1560), 
  which 
  stands 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  Glen 
  Dye, 
  and 
  

   at 
  whose 
  base 
  the 
  Water 
  of 
  Dye 
  takes 
  its 
  rise. 
  Still 
  holding 
  

   the 
  same 
  course, 
  Murmannoch 
  (1557) 
  is 
  soon 
  reached. 
  From 
  

   the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  this 
  hill 
  rises 
  Kettock 
  Burn, 
  which 
  

   flows 
  through 
  the 
  glen 
  formed 
  by 
  Bonnyfleeces 
  (1482) 
  and 
  

   Rough 
  Bank 
  (1516). 
  Here 
  the 
  route 
  turns 
  south-by- 
  

   west, 
  crossing 
  Craigangowan 
  on 
  to 
  Sturdy 
  Hill 
  (1784), 
  

   where 
  rises 
  the 
  Water 
  of 
  Charr, 
  which, 
  like 
  Kettock 
  

   Burn, 
  is 
  a 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Dye. 
  At 
  this 
  point 
  the 
  line 
  

   turns 
  sharply 
  to 
  the 
  east, 
  holding 
  along 
  the 
  high 
  ground, 
  

   and 
  then 
  bends 
  north-east 
  to 
  Hound 
  Hillock 
  (1698), 
  onward 
  

   to 
  Whitelaws 
  (1664) 
  and 
  Cairn 
  o' 
  Mount 
  (1488), 
  where 
  

   Stag 
  Burn 
  takes 
  its 
  rise 
  and 
  joins 
  the 
  Dye 
  near 
  Spital- 
  

   burn. 
  From 
  Cairn 
  o' 
  Mount 
  our 
  way 
  leads 
  to 
  Goyle 
  

   Hill 
  (1527), 
  whence, 
  after 
  a 
  varied 
  course, 
  Tipperweir 
  

   (1440) 
  and 
  South 
  Dennetys 
  are 
  reached 
  ; 
  near 
  the 
  latter 
  

  

  