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  INTBODUCTION. 
  

  

  are 
  few 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  kinds. 
  From 
  this 
  high 
  

   plateau 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  many 
  thousands 
  of 
  acres 
  of 
  heath- 
  

   covered 
  hilly 
  ground, 
  with 
  extensive 
  plantations 
  on 
  the 
  

   hill 
  known 
  as 
  Manabattock, 
  on 
  the 
  estate 
  of 
  Castle 
  

   Forbes, 
  which 
  afford 
  excellent 
  cover 
  for 
  Black 
  Game 
  and 
  

   Roe 
  Deer, 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  our 
  summer 
  songsters. 
  

  

  The 
  eastern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Glen 
  of 
  Terpersie 
  is 
  closed 
  in 
  

   by 
  the 
  hill 
  of 
  Dumbarton 
  (1269), 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  consider- 
  

   able 
  extent 
  of 
  flat 
  ground 
  on 
  its 
  top. 
  This 
  glen 
  runs 
  

   almost 
  north 
  and 
  south, 
  and 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  two 
  narrow 
  

   ravines 
  towards 
  its 
  northern 
  end, 
  but 
  broadens 
  out 
  at 
  

   its 
  upper 
  end. 
  The 
  two 
  narrow 
  glens 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  

   low 
  birch, 
  willow, 
  mountain 
  ash, 
  broom, 
  and 
  heather. 
  Along 
  

   the 
  eastern 
  ravine 
  flows 
  the 
  Burn 
  of 
  Clistie, 
  while 
  the 
  

   western 
  one 
  is 
  watered 
  by 
  Cot-burn 
  ; 
  both 
  join 
  Blacklatch 
  

   Burn, 
  and 
  their 
  united 
  waters 
  are 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Esset, 
  

   which 
  is 
  a 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Don. 
  Leaving 
  the 
  Correen 
  Hills, 
  

   our 
  way 
  leads 
  on 
  to 
  Brux 
  Hill 
  (1558), 
  and 
  thence 
  strikes 
  

   west 
  by 
  south 
  into 
  the 
  valley 
  at 
  Birkenbrewl, 
  which 
  is 
  

   crossed 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  Hill 
  of 
  Clova 
  (1611). 
  This 
  hill 
  is 
  

   clothed 
  around 
  its 
  base 
  with 
  wood, 
  amongst 
  which 
  stands 
  

   Clova 
  House. 
  From 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  this 
  eminence 
  is 
  seen, 
  

   at 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  to 
  the 
  north-north-west, 
  the 
  Buck 
  of 
  

   the 
  Cabrach 
  (2368). 
  The 
  valley 
  is 
  a 
  long 
  and 
  rather 
  wide 
  

   one, 
  extending 
  from 
  Kearn 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  to 
  near 
  Kildrummy 
  

   Castle 
  in 
  the 
  south, 
  and 
  is 
  flanked 
  by 
  heath-covered 
  hills 
  

   with 
  little 
  wood 
  except 
  at 
  Mossat, 
  Ardhuncart, 
  Wester 
  

   Clova, 
  and 
  Kildrummy 
  Castle. 
  From 
  Clova 
  Hill 
  the 
  

   watershed 
  runs 
  west-by-south, 
  passing 
  mid-way 
  between 
  

   Dun 
  Mount 
  and 
  Craig 
  an 
  Innean, 
  onward 
  to 
  Creag 
  an 
  

   Sgor, 
  thence 
  it 
  bends 
  north 
  to 
  Allt 
  Sughain 
  Hill 
  (1862). 
  

   A 
  little 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  this 
  it 
  again 
  turns 
  to 
  the 
  

   south-west 
  towards 
  Geal 
  Charn 
  (2241), 
  thus 
  rounding 
  

   the 
  top 
  of 
  Glen 
  Bucket, 
  and 
  passing 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  head- 
  

   waters 
  of 
  Littleglen 
  Burn, 
  which 
  stream 
  ultimately 
  

  

  