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O.S.O. [Ordnance Survey Office] Aberdeen
28 th Febr. [February] 1866

Captain Pratt
Will you please give me your
authorities for writing "The Daueis
in the way indicated on Plan
65.2, Trace 5 & also state
any derivation you may have
traced out for that name?
I find in Jamieson that
"Daue" signifies "smooth" or "still"
& I am inclined to think that
the name should be written
"The Daues" so as to signify
Still Waters, Have you any
objection to this mode of spelling
the name?
EH Courtney
Capt [R.E. [Captain Royal Engineers]


M.S.
I have written "The Daues or
Ga' pot", because every enquiry
both at Kintore & Fintray has
failed to elicit anything at
all respecting the names "The
Daues". I have retained it however
(with the correction in spelling)
& added "or Ga' Pot", because all
the authorities in both Kintore &
Fintray fix on the same place
under this name. The term "Ga'" is
presumed to be an abbreviation of
"Gall", the name of the man supposed
to have been a celebrated fisherman.
EHC
Capt. R.E. [Captain Royal Engineers]
29/3/66 [29 Mar 1866]