. A regional geography of the world, with diagrams and entirely new maps . erage for the British Isles. TheHighland peasants, or crofters, cultivate small patchesof root-crops and oats, and rear sheep and the shaggy-coated, long-horned, highland cattle, as well as hardymountain ponies. But both men and domesticated ani-mals are decreasing in numbers, and more and morecultivated land is becoming permanent pasture, not,however, for cattle or sheep, but for deer. Round the coasts fishing is everywhere an importantoccupation, but is naturally chiefly carried on from eastcoast ports which face the
. A regional geography of the world, with diagrams and entirely new maps . erage for the British Isles. TheHighland peasants, or crofters, cultivate small patchesof root-crops and oats, and rear sheep and the shaggy-coated, long-horned, highland cattle, as well as hardymountain ponies. But both men and domesticated ani-mals are decreasing in numbers, and more and morecultivated land is becoming permanent pasture, not,however, for cattle or sheep, but for deer. Round the coasts fishing is everywhere an importantoccupation, but is naturally chiefly carried on from eastcoast ports which face the North Sea fishing grounds,and where there is not only a large population, butY^ easier railway facilities for dispatching the fish to thepopulous lowlands. Wick, l*ctcrhcad and Aberdeenarc the leading fishing centres, the last-named being SCOTLAND 89 only secoiui in iinj:)ortancc to Grimsby as a tr?iwl-fishingport. K) Ic of Lochalsh and Mallaig, both on the westcoast, receive the catch from the Western Isles fordispatch by rail to the east coast or the central TUI MArrA CO . LTn LORDOli Fic;. 30.—The Highlands. Relief and Routes. At Aberdeen and Peterhead the quarrying of graniteis an important industry. The quarries are close to thesea, so that the granite can be cheaply shipped toeast coast towns. 90 THE BRITISH ISLES Routes and Cities.—The east coast plain is followedby railway from Dundee to Aberdeen (see Fig. 30).Aberdeen stands between the mouths of the Dee andthe Don, and has a fine harbour protected by break-waters, at the mouth of the former river. It thuscommands the traffic up and down these valleys andthat passing along the coastal plain, whilst it is in avery favourable position for engaging in the DoggerBank fisheries. It is also a university city and animportant cattle market and quarrying centre. Abranch line follows the Dee as far as Ballater, fromwhich coaches run to Balmoral, the favourite royalresidence in the Highlands. Leaving Aberdeen thema
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