. Wanderings of a naturalist . GOOD HUNTING, MY CHILD.(Gannet and Young.). THE POOLS OF DEE, WITH LOCHAN UAINH INTHE DISTANCE. CHAPTER XXVIII OCTOBER IN LAIRIG GHRU ON an early October morning, after a spell of exception-ally severe weather, the wind, blowing- fresh from thesouth, brought drizzling rain and a mist which coveredthe hills to their lowest slopes. Towards noon the wind shiftedwest—^always a good weather sign—the clouds lifted, and Iset out from Glen Derry in Mar on my journey through thewild Lairig to Rothiemurchus on SpeysLde. The wind wassoft and mild, and as I struck west, Bein
. Wanderings of a naturalist . GOOD HUNTING, MY CHILD.(Gannet and Young.). THE POOLS OF DEE, WITH LOCHAN UAINH INTHE DISTANCE. CHAPTER XXVIII OCTOBER IN LAIRIG GHRU ON an early October morning, after a spell of exception-ally severe weather, the wind, blowing- fresh from thesouth, brought drizzling rain and a mist which coveredthe hills to their lowest slopes. Towards noon the wind shiftedwest—^always a good weather sign—the clouds lifted, and Iset out from Glen Derry in Mar on my journey through thewild Lairig to Rothiemurchus on SpeysLde. The wind wassoft and mild, and as I struck west, Beinn Bhrotain andMonadh Mor—the two big hills that guard the Lairig nearits southern end—^showed darkly through the mist, theircorries heavily splashed with fresh autumn snow. The Lui-beag burn was in spate, its waters having that characteristicappearance of snaa bree. From where the track crossesthe burn near the foot of Carn a Mhaim ike south-facingcorries of Ben MacDhui and the conical summit of theDerry Cairngorm presented an almost unbroken surface ofsnow. Eve
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