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  becomes 
  the 
  Water 
  of 
  Nochty, 
  and 
  thence 
  again 
  on 
  to 
  

   Dun 
  Muir 
  (2475), 
  Cam 
  Mor 
  (2636), 
  and 
  Cam 
  Liath 
  (2598). 
  

   Here, 
  for 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  miles, 
  our 
  course 
  leads 
  us 
  over 
  a 
  

   wild 
  and 
  extensive 
  wilderness 
  of 
  hills 
  and 
  mountains, 
  deep 
  

   corries, 
  and 
  high 
  rugged 
  cliffs, 
  among 
  which 
  snow 
  lies 
  

   almost 
  all 
  the 
  year 
  round. 
  Seen 
  under 
  favourable 
  condi- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  light, 
  as 
  when 
  the 
  sun 
  has 
  just 
  risen, 
  this 
  view 
  

   is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  sublimely 
  grand 
  that 
  can 
  be 
  obtained 
  ; 
  

   perhaps, 
  an 
  hour 
  later, 
  the 
  whole 
  may 
  be 
  shrouded 
  in 
  mist, 
  

   when 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  mightier 
  Bens, 
  towering 
  high 
  above, 
  look 
  

   like 
  so 
  many 
  islands 
  surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  deep 
  and 
  troubled 
  

   sea. 
  To 
  the 
  lover 
  of 
  the 
  picturesque 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  grand 
  

   district, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  geologist 
  it 
  has 
  also 
  many 
  attractions. 
  

   Around 
  are 
  granites 
  of 
  many 
  varieties, 
  and 
  other 
  rocks, 
  some 
  

   of 
  which 
  contain 
  rich 
  lodes 
  of 
  iron. 
  To 
  the 
  zoologist, 
  

   however, 
  there 
  is 
  little 
  life 
  visible 
  : 
  Grouse 
  are 
  of 
  course 
  

   plentiful, 
  with 
  Plover 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  Dotterel 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  ; 
  

   while 
  sailing 
  leisurely 
  around 
  or 
  above 
  the 
  dizzy 
  heights, 
  

   the 
  Golden 
  Eagle 
  may 
  occasionally 
  be 
  seen 
  to 
  suddenly 
  

   swoop 
  upon 
  some 
  hapless 
  mountain 
  hare, 
  but 
  beyond 
  this 
  

   all 
  is 
  still 
  and 
  lifeless. 
  

  

  From 
  Cam 
  Liath 
  we 
  proceed 
  along 
  the 
  ridge 
  to 
  the 
  

   Liath 
  road, 
  the 
  communication 
  between 
  Cock 
  Bridge, 
  in 
  

   upper 
  Strathdon, 
  and 
  Tomintoul, 
  thence 
  along 
  the 
  road 
  

   in 
  a 
  south 
  - 
  south 
  - 
  east 
  direction 
  until 
  opposite 
  Beinn 
  a 
  

   Chruinnach 
  (2536), 
  where 
  we 
  again 
  strike 
  to 
  the 
  south- 
  

   south 
  -west 
  on 
  to 
  Cam 
  Ealasaid 
  (2600). 
  From 
  this 
  top 
  

   we 
  turn 
  abruptly 
  to 
  the 
  west, 
  holding 
  along 
  the 
  county 
  

   march, 
  past 
  Tolm 
  Buirich 
  on 
  to 
  Creag 
  Mheann 
  (2328), 
  until 
  

   we 
  take 
  a 
  long 
  sweep 
  to 
  the 
  south-east-by-south, 
  passing 
  

   the 
  head 
  - 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Don, 
  near 
  Inchrory 
  ; 
  thence 
  

   along 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  Meikle 
  Geal 
  Charn 
  (2633), 
  with 
  the 
  

   Brown 
  Cow 
  Hill 
  (2721) 
  on 
  our 
  left, 
  to 
  Carn 
  Ulie, 
  where 
  

   Wester 
  Shenalt, 
  a 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Gairn, 
  takes 
  its 
  rise. 
  Here 
  

  

  our 
  route 
  turns 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  - 
  west 
  - 
  by 
  - 
  west, 
  passing 
  Loch 
  

  

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