A fauna of the Moray basin . FROM CATSBACK, WATERSHEDS. 5 into the wild rocky moorlands descending from the skirts of BenWyvis, which constitute the general character of the easternside. These moors in their turn give way to the green pastures ofStrath Bran in the central region. The central mountains are, asa rule, greener than either east or west, but higher than reaching the summit level, just beyond Achnasheen, he de-scends to the western sea, through the wild rocky mountains ofthe western seaboard. It is also to be noted that the cliff-facesof mountains in this reg
A fauna of the Moray basin . FROM CATSBACK, WATERSHEDS. 5 into the wild rocky moorlands descending from the skirts of BenWyvis, which constitute the general character of the easternside. These moors in their turn give way to the green pastures ofStrath Bran in the central region. The central mountains are, asa rule, greener than either east or west, but higher than reaching the summit level, just beyond Achnasheen, he de-scends to the western sea, through the wild rocky mountains ofthe western seaboard. It is also to be noted that the cliff-facesof mountains in this region are as a rule to the north-north-eastor north-west. The first group which demands our attention is that whichoccupies the ground roughly defined by the Oykel on the north,and Strath Dirrie on the south. Most of the summits of this group are of the ordinary plateauform common to the central ranges of Scotland, or slightly dome-shaped, the tops being mossy and stony when the mountains arehigh enough to get beyond the ordinary limits of vegetation. Inm
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