. Moray and Nairn. of the Province of Moray,Nairnshire shares in the many eulogiums passed by earlytravellers on that pleasant and plentiful country. The mildness of the climate is especially noteworthywhen we consider that the county lies between the57th and 58th parallels of north latitude. The meantemperature and rainfall of the town of Nairn for eachmonth of the year are as follows : Mean Fahrenheit. Mean RainfallInches. Jan. 373 2-0 Feb. 37*9 i-6 Mar. 39*7 i-7 Apr. 44-2 i*3 May 49-1 *7 June 54*9 r8 July 57-4 27 Aug. 56-9 2*7 Sept. 529 25 Oct. 46*0 2-4 Nov. 41*0 2I Dec.
. Moray and Nairn. of the Province of Moray,Nairnshire shares in the many eulogiums passed by earlytravellers on that pleasant and plentiful country. The mildness of the climate is especially noteworthywhen we consider that the county lies between the57th and 58th parallels of north latitude. The meantemperature and rainfall of the town of Nairn for eachmonth of the year are as follows : Mean Fahrenheit. Mean RainfallInches. Jan. 373 2-0 Feb. 37*9 i-6 Mar. 39*7 i-7 Apr. 44-2 i*3 May 49-1 *7 June 54*9 r8 July 57-4 27 Aug. 56-9 2*7 Sept. 529 25 Oct. 46*0 2-4 Nov. 41*0 2I Dec. 37-6 2*2 102 NAIRNSHIRE The low rainfall, the infrequency of snow, and theuniform geniality of the weather will be found explainedon page 39. The county is bounded on the north by the MorayFirth, on the east by Morayshire, and on the south andwest by Inverness-shire. It consists of two well-definednatural divisions. In the north is a seaboard plain whichruns inland (gradually increasing in height above sea-level). Nairn from the Railway Bridge for about four miles. In this area, which may be regardedas the westward continuation of the Laigh of Moray,farmins is carried on with much success. Then thereis a series of comparatively low hills, the two chiefeminences being the Lethen Bar and the Hill of of this is a stretch of highland country aboundingin glens and straths, and flanked by lofty hills. Here GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 103 crofting and stock-raising are the chief employments ofthe people. The rivers flow in a north-easterly direction. Occa-sionally great damage is done by flooding, the mostnotable instance being that of the Moray Floods inthe year 18291. By far the greater part of the population is found inthe northern plain. Indeed, the burgh of Nairn aloneaccounts for rather more than half the population of thecounty. The main lines of communication for Nairnshire arethe same as those of Morayshire, described on pp. 78-81. Up till 1805, when the stage-coac
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