﻿The 
  na1 
  

   observat: 
  

  

  Kincardineshire, 
  to 
  Troup 
  Head, 
  in 
  Banffshire, 
  is 
  

   miles 
  in 
  length. 
  The 
  whole 
  district 
  comprises 
  

   of 
  about 
  23,000 
  square 
  miles, 
  and 
  is 
  truly 
  the 
  

  

  " 
  Land 
  of 
  brown 
  heath 
  and 
  shaggy 
  wood, 
  

   Land 
  of 
  the 
  mountain 
  and 
  the 
  flood." 
  

  

  The 
  coast 
  line 
  of 
  our 
  ajrea 
  is 
  a 
  most 
  interes: 
  

   both 
  from 
  a 
  zoological 
  and 
  geological 
  point 
  of 
  vl« 
  

  

  Let 
  us 
  suppose 
  ourselves 
  at 
  the 
  souths 
  = 
  

   eti&at, 
  that, 
  is, 
  kt 
  Fovv 
  I 
  g-heugh, 
  some 
  . 
  t 
  hroct 
  .$p 
  ^ 
  

  

  can 
  only 
  be 
  ap;^>:x.u, 
  

   foot 
  when 
  the 
  ticks 
  

   terranear; 
  galleries, 
  1 
  i 
  I 
  

   recesses, 
  from 
  which 
  ( 
  

   at 
  the 
  intrusion. 
  We 
  

   Martins, 
  which 
  fly 
  m 
  

   whose 
  nests 
  can 
  fcw 
  a 
  

  

  