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  INTEODUCTION. 
  

  

  Builg 
  on 
  our 
  right. 
  This 
  loch 
  lies 
  on 
  the 
  watershed 
  between 
  

   the 
  Gairn 
  and 
  the 
  Avon, 
  its 
  apparent 
  outlet 
  being 
  to 
  

   the 
  latter; 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  subterranean 
  flow 
  from 
  the 
  

   south 
  end 
  to 
  the 
  Gairn. 
  Loch 
  Builg 
  is 
  well 
  stocked 
  with 
  

   Char, 
  and 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  that 
  in 
  its 
  younger 
  stages 
  this 
  fish 
  

   finds 
  its 
  way 
  to 
  the 
  Gairn, 
  thence 
  to 
  the 
  Dee, 
  from 
  which 
  

   river 
  examples 
  are 
  occasionally 
  obtained. 
  From 
  Loch 
  

   Builg 
  our 
  way 
  lies 
  along 
  Ben 
  Avon 
  (3843), 
  from 
  which 
  

   several 
  streamlets 
  flow 
  to 
  join 
  the 
  Gairn 
  in 
  the 
  glen 
  of 
  

   that 
  name. 
  Around 
  us 
  extend 
  many 
  heath-covered 
  hills 
  

   and 
  mountains, 
  with 
  immense 
  areas 
  of 
  peat 
  moss 
  ; 
  alto- 
  

   gether 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  region 
  of 
  sterility 
  whose 
  deathlike 
  stillness 
  

   is 
  occasionally 
  broken 
  by 
  the 
  wail 
  of 
  the 
  Golden 
  Plover 
  or 
  

   the 
  chatter 
  of 
  the 
  Wheat-ear 
  as 
  it 
  flits 
  from 
  bank 
  to 
  bank 
  

   in 
  evident 
  wonderment 
  at 
  our 
  presence. 
  From 
  Ben 
  Avon 
  

   our 
  line 
  holds 
  to 
  the 
  south-west, 
  passing 
  the 
  sources 
  of 
  the 
  

   Quoich 
  Water. 
  Crossing 
  Beinn 
  a' 
  Bhuird 
  (3924), 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  

   slope 
  of 
  which 
  lies 
  Dubh 
  Lochan 
  which 
  sends 
  its 
  waters 
  

   to 
  the 
  Quoich, 
  we, 
  after 
  several 
  short 
  bends, 
  touch 
  on 
  our 
  

   way 
  the 
  head-waters 
  of 
  Allt 
  an 
  Dubh-ghlinne, 
  a 
  tributary 
  

   of 
  the 
  Quoich, 
  to 
  Beinn 
  a' 
  Chaoruinn 
  (3553), 
  where 
  Glas 
  

   Allt, 
  which 
  joins 
  Derry 
  Burn, 
  takes 
  it 
  rise. 
  Thence 
  onward 
  

   to 
  Loch 
  Etchachan 
  (3100), 
  which 
  lies 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  side 
  of 
  

   Ben 
  Muich 
  Dhui 
  (4296). 
  This 
  loch, 
  like 
  others 
  so 
  highly 
  

   situated, 
  has 
  no 
  trees 
  with 
  which 
  to 
  adorn 
  its 
  banks, 
  and 
  

   is 
  therefore 
  dull 
  and 
  uninviting. 
  We 
  now 
  proceed 
  along 
  

   the 
  side 
  of 
  Ben 
  Muich 
  Dhui 
  in 
  a 
  south-west 
  direction, 
  

   rounding 
  its 
  southern 
  shoulder, 
  with 
  Lochan 
  Uaine 
  on 
  our 
  

   left, 
  then 
  north-west 
  to 
  the 
  Pools 
  of 
  Dee, 
  whence 
  we 
  strike 
  

   south-west 
  -by- 
  west 
  to 
  Braeriach 
  (4248), 
  where 
  we 
  find 
  the 
  

   Wells 
  of 
  Dee, 
  the 
  main 
  source 
  of 
  that 
  river. 
  Here 
  the 
  

   scenery 
  is 
  grand 
  in 
  the 
  extreme. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  main 
  source 
  of 
  the 
  Dee 
  our 
  line 
  strikes 
  almost 
  

   due 
  south, 
  passing 
  Cairn 
  Toul 
  (4241) 
  on 
  the 
  left, 
  onwards 
  

   along 
  the 
  west 
  edge 
  of 
  Lochan 
  Suarach 
  (2840) 
  to 
  Monadh 
  

  

  