. The charm of the hills [microform]. Birds; Bird watching; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. -,:#. io8 THE CHARM O^ THE HILLS the Garbh I ,spe. I passed two more fields ,n sheltered hollows, and a small drift still remained on the shores of a lochan just above Loch Etchachan. the nrevious winter the heaviest storms came from a westerly direction, and thi^ xf * ^^^"•""t'^d for snow l^in- at such a low level on Ben •Muich Dhui aftfr a summer--on the hills, at all events— considerable warmth. The snow examined was rid^rt-d and furrowed in the most curious manner, and presented mu
. The charm of the hills [microform]. Birds; Bird watching; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. -,:#. io8 THE CHARM O^ THE HILLS the Garbh I ,spe. I passed two more fields ,n sheltered hollows, and a small drift still remained on the shores of a lochan just above Loch Etchachan. the nrevious winter the heaviest storms came from a westerly direction, and thi^ xf * ^^^"•""t'^d for snow l^in- at such a low level on Ben •Muich Dhui aftfr a summer--on the hills, at all events— considerable warmth. The snow examined was rid^rt-d and furrowed in the most curious manner, and presented much the same appearance as ripples on the surface of a loch Near the margins it was more or less solid ice, and all over was extremely hard. It is probably owing to the fact that the snow IS packed " so firmly by the winter gales that it can resist the mild winds and long hours of .sunshine during the summer months, for I have known of a snowfield on the lower slopes of Ben .Muich Dhui which, when measured in early April, was close on loo feet in height, and vet had completely disappeared by June 23 of the same'season, although the weather was exceptionally cold. As regards the Snowy Corrie, the snow is swirled for miles along the plateau in front of any northerly or north-westerly gale and IS packed very closely in the corrie. One can understand the facts which prevent the .nowfield on Braeriach from dis- appearing, but the drift on Ben Muich Dhui. besides havin- he sun on it until well on m the afternoon, is exposed to he full force of the southerly winds, which cause the snow to disappear more rapidly than the warmest summer day From the highest snowfield on Ben Muich Dhui a stream of considerable size was issuing, which at first seemed as though It must come Irom the melting snow, but closer investigation showed that the burn issued from a spring farther up the and passed right through the drift. Here I found fresh traces of deer and roosting hollows of
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