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  INTRODUCTION. 
  

  

  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Clunie. 
  From 
  Cairnwell 
  we 
  pass 
  on 
  to 
  Glas 
  

   Meal 
  (3483), 
  where 
  many 
  small 
  streams 
  forming 
  the 
  head- 
  

   waters 
  of 
  the 
  Clunie 
  rise. 
  At 
  this 
  point 
  our 
  route 
  turns 
  

   to 
  the 
  north-east-by-east, 
  passing 
  Cairn 
  na 
  Glasha 
  (3484) 
  

   to 
  Tolmount 
  (3143), 
  thence 
  north 
  to 
  Knaps 
  of 
  Fafernie 
  

   (3059), 
  and 
  onward 
  until 
  we 
  reach 
  Cairn 
  Bannoch 
  (3314). 
  

   Here 
  the 
  way 
  again 
  turns 
  to 
  the 
  east, 
  with 
  Dubh 
  Loch 
  

   and 
  Loch 
  Muick 
  on 
  our 
  left. 
  Thus 
  far, 
  and 
  still 
  onward 
  

   for 
  several 
  miles, 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  high 
  and 
  sterile 
  in 
  the 
  

   extreme, 
  and 
  the 
  rocks 
  chiefly 
  granite; 
  but 
  the 
  scenery 
  at 
  

   many 
  points 
  has 
  a 
  grandeur 
  that 
  scarcely 
  admits 
  of 
  descrip- 
  

   tion. 
  Thus 
  our 
  march 
  continues 
  until 
  we 
  pass 
  Dog 
  Hillock 
  

   (2400) 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  eastward 
  of 
  this 
  the 
  line 
  bends 
  

   to 
  south 
  - 
  east 
  - 
  by 
  - 
  south, 
  rounding 
  the 
  head 
  -waters 
  of 
  Allt 
  

   Darrarie, 
  a 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Muick. 
  This 
  bend 
  takes 
  our 
  

   line 
  again 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  and 
  we 
  pass 
  along 
  the 
  Black 
  Hill 
  

   of 
  Mark 
  (2497), 
  Round 
  Hill 
  of 
  Mark 
  (2257), 
  and 
  on 
  to 
  

   Fasheilach 
  (2362). 
  From 
  the 
  point 
  now 
  reached, 
  Glen 
  

   Muick 
  is 
  seen 
  north-east-by-east, 
  and 
  the 
  eye 
  rests 
  with 
  

   pleasure 
  on 
  its 
  waters, 
  fine 
  woods, 
  birch 
  thickets, 
  and 
  

   bracken-covered 
  banks 
  — 
  a 
  great 
  relief 
  after 
  the 
  monotonous 
  

   heath 
  and 
  granite 
  we 
  have 
  passed 
  over 
  for 
  so 
  many 
  miles. 
  

  

  Resuming 
  our 
  journey 
  eastward, 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  bring 
  us 
  to 
  

   Hare 
  Cairn 
  (2203), 
  and 
  thence 
  (crossing 
  the 
  Fir 
  Mount 
  

   road) 
  Mount 
  Keen 
  (3077), 
  passing 
  on 
  our 
  way 
  the 
  head- 
  

   waters 
  of 
  several 
  tributaries 
  to 
  Tanner 
  Water. 
  From 
  the 
  

   top 
  of 
  Mount 
  Keen 
  an 
  extensive 
  view 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  obtained, 
  and 
  

   along 
  its 
  base, 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side, 
  lies 
  the 
  finely 
  -wooded 
  

   forest 
  of 
  Glen 
  Tanner, 
  with 
  Cairn 
  Leughan, 
  Red 
  Craig, 
  and 
  

   Clochan 
  Yell 
  looming 
  large, 
  and 
  with 
  numerous 
  narrow 
  glens 
  

   converging 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  depression 
  ; 
  on 
  our 
  right 
  is 
  the 
  deep, 
  

   dark, 
  gloomy 
  Glen 
  Mark; 
  while 
  all 
  around 
  us 
  lie 
  mountains, 
  

   moors, 
  glens, 
  and 
  straths, 
  making 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  grand 
  

   and 
  imposing 
  pictures 
  in 
  which 
  Scotland 
  is 
  so 
  rich. 
  Here 
  

   may 
  be 
  seen 
  the 
  Ptarmigan 
  in 
  its 
  lovely 
  variegated 
  plumage, 
  

  

  