﻿INTRODUCTION. 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  as 
  Granger's 
  Tail, 
  White 
  Wife, 
  White 
  May, 
  Craig 
  Stirling, 
  

   Earns 
  Haa, 
  Hail 
  Globe, 
  and 
  Kame-o-coble-beard. 
  

  

  Proceeding 
  northwards, 
  we 
  find 
  that 
  the 
  coast 
  is 
  much 
  

   the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  already 
  described: 
  high 
  headlands 
  and 
  

   long 
  sinuous 
  creeks, 
  one 
  of 
  which, 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Erne 
  

   Heugh, 
  would 
  seem 
  to 
  indicate 
  that 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  the 
  Sea 
  

   Eagle 
  had 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  habit 
  of 
  frequenting, 
  perhaps 
  of 
  

   nesting, 
  there, 
  the 
  Erne 
  being 
  the 
  name 
  by 
  which 
  that 
  bird 
  

   was 
  known 
  in 
  former 
  times. 
  Near 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Nigg 
  the 
  

   coast 
  becomes 
  less 
  elevated, 
  and 
  affords 
  excellent 
  facilities 
  

   for 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  bird 
  life, 
  and 
  is 
  generally 
  of 
  a 
  varied 
  and 
  

   most 
  interesting 
  character. 
  Passing 
  the 
  low 
  sandy 
  and 
  

   pebbly 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Nigg, 
  we 
  reach 
  Girdleness 
  — 
  a 
  

   rocky 
  promontory 
  — 
  and 
  enter 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Dee. 
  

  

  Before 
  continuing 
  our 
  course 
  northward, 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  

   to 
  give 
  some 
  indication 
  of 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  

   lying 
  inland 
  and 
  adjacent 
  to 
  the 
  stretch 
  of 
  coast 
  line 
  already 
  

   traversed, 
  and 
  which 
  presents 
  great 
  differences 
  to 
  that 
  

   which 
  remains 
  to 
  be 
  described. 
  Generally 
  speaking, 
  the 
  

   land 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  from 
  Fowls-heugh 
  northwards 
  is 
  

   under 
  cultivation, 
  with 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  small 
  patches 
  still 
  

   in 
  their 
  natural 
  state. 
  The 
  land 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  clayey 
  nature, 
  and 
  

   produces 
  fairly 
  good 
  crops; 
  but 
  the 
  general 
  aspect 
  of 
  the 
  

   district 
  is 
  bare, 
  bleak, 
  and 
  entirely 
  without 
  wood 
  (except 
  a 
  

   small 
  patch 
  near 
  Newton) 
  until 
  Stonehaven 
  is 
  reached. 
  

   Here, 
  on 
  the 
  estates 
  of 
  Dunnottar 
  and 
  Fetteresso, 
  there 
  is 
  

   a 
  considerable 
  amount 
  of 
  woodland 
  and 
  plantations, 
  as 
  is 
  

   also 
  the 
  case 
  upon 
  the 
  estate 
  of 
  Urie 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Den 
  

   of 
  Cowie. 
  

  

  From 
  this 
  onwards 
  the 
  country, 
  though 
  now 
  well 
  under 
  

  

  cultivation, 
  has 
  still 
  some 
  tracts 
  of 
  peat, 
  moss, 
  and 
  marsh, 
  

  

  with 
  little 
  appearance 
  of 
  wood; 
  and 
  altogether 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  

  

  uninviting, 
  cold, 
  late, 
  and 
  cheerless 
  region, 
  until 
  the 
  Loch 
  

  

  of 
  Loirston 
  is 
  reached. 
  On 
  the 
  south-east 
  side 
  of 
  this 
  loch 
  

  

  are 
  plantations 
  of 
  stunted, 
  starving 
  firs. 
  Beyond 
  the 
  loch, 
  

  

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