A fauna of the Moray basin . the pine woods,past fairm-toons and crofts, round birch-clad knolls, and by thebases of pine-grown hills, through the great division of the valleyknown as Strathspey. Back now for miles, on either bankstretch the vast forests of pine, reaching to the very bases of themountains of the Cairngorm range, through Bothiemurchus andGlenmore and Abernethy, near the sources of the tributarystreams which flow from Lochs Eunach and Morlich—woodlandsheets of water embosomed amongst their sombre recesses, whichwill frequently find mention in these pages—and still farther tonear
A fauna of the Moray basin . the pine woods,past fairm-toons and crofts, round birch-clad knolls, and by thebases of pine-grown hills, through the great division of the valleyknown as Strathspey. Back now for miles, on either bankstretch the vast forests of pine, reaching to the very bases of themountains of the Cairngorm range, through Bothiemurchus andGlenmore and Abernethy, near the sources of the tributarystreams which flow from Lochs Eunach and Morlich—woodlandsheets of water embosomed amongst their sombre recesses, whichwill frequently find mention in these pages—and still farther tonear the head-waters of the river Nethy, which flows through thegreat Abernethy forest. On the left bank are visible the newlyplanted areas upon the Countess of Seafields property whichstretch over into the Strath of Dulnan, and again join theancient pine-woods of Duthil above Carrbridge. Lower downyet, the lovely reaches of the now great river sweep round pro-jecting knolls and the pine-clad slopes of Castle Grant and Gran-. PHYSICAL FEATURES. 121 town. Beyond, upon the right bank, the woods are encircled by theconcave sweep of the Cromdale Hills, the valley again narrowingall the way down past Aberlour, although the river has yet furtherincreased in size and rapidity of current, having received the con-siderable waters of the Dulnan above Grantown, and the clearcrystal waters of the Avon at Ballindallocli. All along thesegrand reaches of the valley are patches of land clear of timber—growing bright luxuriant broom, with sheep-pastures between—all at one time, not so very remote, shrouded in dense andsombre pine, as still is the case in the true forest tracts. Therailway embankment too is clothed in rich garb in summer, untilit is hard to say whether broom or birch, bracken or gowan, sweet-brier and dog-rose, or self-sown larches, succeed best in the strugglefor supremacy. All of these growing upon the light gravelly soilwhich composes the whole alluvium and river-banks, v
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