. The earth and its inhabitants ... edifices, including the remains of a cathedral of the fourteenth century,and the more ancient of the two colleges which jointly form the university. Themodern town is seated at the mouth of the Dee, which was formerly the only harbourof the town, but has been supplemented by spacious docks, its entrance being atthe same time protected by piers. The export trade is partly fed by Aberdeensown industry, for there are flax, cotton, and woollen mills, engineering factories,foundries, soap and chemical works, india-rubber and gutta-percha works, and ABEEDEENSHIEE.
. The earth and its inhabitants ... edifices, including the remains of a cathedral of the fourteenth century,and the more ancient of the two colleges which jointly form the university. Themodern town is seated at the mouth of the Dee, which was formerly the only harbourof the town, but has been supplemented by spacious docks, its entrance being atthe same time protected by piers. The export trade is partly fed by Aberdeensown industry, for there are flax, cotton, and woollen mills, engineering factories,foundries, soap and chemical works, india-rubber and gutta-percha works, and ABEEDEENSHIEE. 369 important sMp-yards for the construction of fast-sailing clippers and iron are worked in the neighbourhood, and the yards in which granite andmarble are polished have not their equal elsewhere in Great Britain. Amono-the exports are also strawberries, vegetables, and cattle. The upper valley of the Dee is much frequented by tourists, on account of Fig. 184.— the Ordnance Map. Scale 1 : C3, IMUc. its picturesque scenery, but it is a mere pastoral and sporting region withouttowns. BaUafer, the principal of its villages, has mineral, springs ; above it isthe sumptuous royal castle of Balmoral; and still deeper amongst the hills the 870 THE isles. hamlet of CasfMon-ùi-Bracnnir. Nor eau the basin of the Don boast populoustowns. Iiiirniric, wliicli a canal joins to Aberdeen, exports corn and cattle, asdoes also 0/d Mehintm, on tlie Leig-hts to the east of it ; whilst Kin tore, lowerdown on the river, trades in limestone and granite. Newhurgh, at the mouth of Fii;. 18-3.—Peterhead and 1 : 200,000- 4 • 00 4 10
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