﻿INTRODUCTION. 
  

  

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  considerable 
  height, 
  but 
  soon 
  diminish 
  to 
  little 
  above 
  sea 
  

   level, 
  and 
  continue 
  so 
  past 
  the 
  fishing 
  villages 
  of 
  Sandhaven 
  

   and 
  Pitullie, 
  and 
  onwards 
  to 
  the 
  burgh 
  of 
  Rosehearty. 
  

   From 
  the 
  latter, 
  westwards, 
  the 
  coast 
  still 
  continues 
  low, 
  

   with 
  a 
  sandy 
  beach, 
  until 
  near 
  Aberdour 
  Bay, 
  where 
  the 
  

   rocks, 
  composed 
  of 
  Old 
  Bed 
  Sandstone 
  and 
  Conglomerate, 
  

   Pebbly 
  Quart 
  zite, 
  and 
  Andulusite 
  Schist, 
  again 
  attain 
  a 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  altitude, 
  and 
  on 
  which 
  stand 
  the 
  ruins 
  of 
  Dundarg 
  

   Castle. 
  These 
  rocks 
  attain 
  at 
  Strangles 
  Point, 
  sometimes 
  

   called 
  Clenteray 
  Point, 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  300 
  feet. 
  Between 
  the 
  

   latter 
  Point 
  and 
  Pennan 
  Head 
  the 
  rocks 
  continue 
  high, 
  

   and 
  are 
  of 
  Conglomerate, 
  with 
  occasional 
  sandy 
  beds. 
  In 
  the 
  

   high 
  rock 
  face 
  near 
  Pennan 
  Head 
  the 
  Peregrine 
  Falcon 
  

   finds 
  convenient, 
  but 
  not 
  always 
  secure, 
  nesting 
  places. 
  

   At 
  the 
  attractive 
  little 
  village 
  of 
  Pennan 
  a 
  deep 
  glen 
  runs 
  

   inland, 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Tore 
  of 
  Troup, 
  through 
  which 
  the 
  

   Tore 
  Burn 
  flows 
  to 
  the 
  sea. 
  This 
  glen 
  is 
  for 
  some 
  

   distance 
  closely 
  wooded, 
  and 
  forms 
  a 
  pleasant 
  and 
  striking- 
  

   contrast 
  to 
  the 
  surrounding 
  country. 
  At 
  Pennan 
  the 
  upper- 
  

   most 
  fifty 
  feet 
  of 
  the 
  rocks 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  breccia 
  formed 
  

   of 
  clay- 
  slate 
  and 
  sand 
  resting 
  on 
  the 
  conglomerate, 
  which 
  

   forms 
  the 
  coast 
  line. 
  The 
  cliffs 
  continue 
  to 
  rise 
  in 
  height 
  

   and 
  grandeur 
  as 
  we 
  proceed, 
  until 
  at 
  Troup 
  Head 
  they 
  

   attain 
  their 
  greatest 
  elevation, 
  about 
  400 
  feet. 
  

  

  This 
  brings 
  us 
  to 
  the 
  north-west 
  point 
  of 
  our 
  area, 
  and 
  

   like 
  the 
  southern 
  point, 
  it 
  forms 
  the 
  summer 
  resort 
  of 
  

   thousands 
  of 
  Herring 
  Gulls, 
  Kittiwakes, 
  Guillemots, 
  Razor- 
  

   bills, 
  and 
  Puffins, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  Black 
  Guillemots. 
  The 
  land 
  

   bordering 
  the 
  sea 
  recently 
  passed 
  is 
  flattish, 
  on 
  the 
  whole; 
  

   but 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  deep 
  hollows 
  excavated 
  by 
  the 
  small 
  

   streams 
  that 
  flow 
  over 
  the 
  softish 
  rocks, 
  and 
  many 
  exten- 
  

   sive 
  rounded 
  mounds 
  have 
  been 
  formed. 
  At 
  other 
  points 
  

   lie 
  many 
  acres 
  of 
  peat 
  moss 
  and 
  sterile 
  moor; 
  and 
  here 
  and 
  

   there 
  the 
  land 
  is 
  under 
  cultivation, 
  but 
  is 
  not 
  of 
  a 
  highly 
  

   productive 
  nature. 
  Although 
  the 
  district, 
  as 
  already 
  stated, 
  

  

  