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covering an area of about 41 acres. It is very shallow, the maximum 
depth being 8 feet, and the mean depth feet, the volume of water being 
estimated at 6 million cubic feet. The water was very brown and soft at 
the time of survey (May 27, 1904), the surface temperature being 68°*0 
Fahr. 
Loch of Blairs (see Plate LXII.) is a small shallow loch lying 2 miles 
to the south of Forres, a short distance to the east of the river Findhorn, 
but draining by an independent stream (the Altyre burn) into Findhorn 
bay. The length is one-third of a mile, and the superficial area about 28 
acres. The maximum depth is 5 feet, and the mean depth 2J feet, the 
volume of water being estimated at 3 million cubic feet. On May 26, 
1904, the surface temperature was 64°*0 Fahr. 
