. Moray and Nairn. afFweed can be seen atMaviston; the water pimpernel and the water lobelia bythe sides of Lochloy. The county contains many finewoods. The principal varieties of trees are Scots fir,larch, and spruce. Extensive plantations are found onthe estates of Brodie, Cawdor, Kilravock, and Lethen. 8. The People — Race. What has been already said (p. 40) about the raceand the language of Morayshire, applies equally to theinhabitants of Nairnshire. The one exception is in theplace-names. All over the shire Celtic place-names pre-dominate. In 1911, 929 inhabitants, or

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. Moray and Nairn. afFweed can be seen atMaviston; the water pimpernel and the water lobelia bythe sides of Lochloy. The county contains many finewoods. The principal varieties of trees are Scots fir,larch, and spruce. Extensive plantations are found onthe estates of Brodie, Cawdor, Kilravock, and Lethen. 8. The People — Race. What has been already said (p. 40) about the raceand the language of Morayshire, applies equally to theinhabitants of Nairnshire. The one exception is in theplace-names. All over the shire Celtic place-names pre-dominate. In 1911, 929 inhabitants, or 9-9 per cent, ofthe entire population, as against 1335 in 1901, werereturned as able to speak Gaelic. Of the 929 Gaelic 8—2 116 NAIRNSHIRE speakers only 156 were born in the county, while 410were born in Inverness-shire, and 263 in Ross andCromarty. Nairnshire has a sparse population, the census of 1911giving a return of 9319 inhabitants. In 1801 the censusreturn was 8322, compared with which the present popu-.

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