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  little 
  wood, 
  consequently 
  it 
  has 
  no 
  attraction 
  for 
  the 
  

   feathered 
  tribes, 
  nor 
  for 
  quadrupeds, 
  except 
  a 
  few 
  hares. 
  

   Leaving 
  Denhead, 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  watershed 
  runs 
  past 
  

   Lochmoss 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  Wells 
  of 
  Ythan, 
  where 
  it 
  sweeps 
  

   abruptly 
  north-west 
  to 
  Cranloch. 
  At 
  the 
  Wells 
  of 
  Ythan 
  

   the 
  valley 
  broadens 
  out, 
  and 
  is 
  surrounded 
  by 
  cultivated 
  land, 
  

   except 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  south-west, 
  where 
  the 
  low 
  heath- 
  

   clad 
  hills 
  of 
  Cranloch 
  ' 
  and 
  Auchentender 
  are 
  seen. 
  From 
  

   Cranloch 
  the 
  boundary 
  line 
  turns 
  sharply 
  and 
  follows 
  a 
  

   south-south-west 
  course 
  across 
  the 
  southern 
  shoulder 
  of 
  the 
  

   Hill 
  of 
  Auchentender, 
  passing 
  Bisset 
  Woods 
  (939) 
  and 
  the 
  

   Saddle 
  Hill 
  (964) 
  on 
  the 
  left; 
  and 
  then 
  to 
  Wind's 
  Eye 
  

   (1029), 
  where 
  the 
  line 
  turns 
  to 
  the 
  south-west 
  by 
  south, 
  

   by 
  Melshack 
  Moss 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  Knockandy 
  Hill 
  (1426), 
  

   which 
  forms 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  estate 
  of 
  Wardhouse. 
  Around 
  

   the 
  mansion 
  house 
  of 
  Wardhouse 
  there 
  is 
  much 
  wood, 
  

   otherwise 
  the 
  country 
  traversed 
  affords 
  nothing 
  but 
  heath, 
  

   low 
  hills, 
  and 
  cultivated 
  land. 
  From 
  Wardhouse 
  we 
  descend 
  

   into 
  the 
  low 
  marshy 
  ground 
  lying 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  corner 
  

   of 
  the 
  Garioch 
  district. 
  We 
  pass 
  Haremire 
  and 
  Braefolds, 
  

   with 
  the 
  woods 
  of 
  Leith 
  Hall 
  lying 
  to 
  the 
  east, 
  and 
  cross 
  

   the 
  Great 
  North 
  of 
  Scotland 
  Eailway 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  Kenneth- 
  

   mont 
  station, 
  and 
  proceed 
  to 
  Seggieden, 
  Towie, 
  and 
  then 
  

   strike 
  the 
  head-waters 
  of 
  the 
  Gady 
  Burn, 
  near 
  Druminnor 
  

   House, 
  and, 
  proceeding 
  by 
  Stonedyke, 
  reach 
  the 
  Hill 
  of 
  

   Clova, 
  leaving 
  the 
  Mire 
  of 
  Midgates 
  (1586) 
  on 
  the 
  east. 
  

   Thence 
  we 
  make 
  our 
  way 
  to 
  Badingair 
  Hill 
  (1556), 
  from 
  

   which 
  rises 
  Blacklatch 
  Burn. 
  Here 
  we 
  are 
  almost 
  in 
  the 
  

   centre 
  of 
  the 
  group 
  of 
  heights 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Correen 
  Hills, 
  

   whose 
  flat 
  heath-covered 
  tops 
  are 
  suitable 
  only 
  for 
  Grouse, 
  

   White 
  Hares, 
  and 
  Sheep. 
  From 
  their 
  summits 
  can 
  be 
  seen 
  

   the 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  Garioch 
  and 
  the 
  Vale 
  of 
  Alford. 
  This 
  

   extensive 
  district 
  is 
  a 
  purely 
  agricultural 
  one, 
  with 
  many 
  

   fair 
  - 
  sized 
  woods 
  interspersed 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  any 
  way 
  

   remarkable 
  zoologically. 
  The 
  resident 
  quadrupeds 
  and 
  birds 
  

  

  