OS1/17/25/106A

Continued entries/extra info

Parish of Dulhil [page] 106a
Extracts from New Statistical Account of Elginshire -- Examiners replies to each of the underlined portions

The parish is bounded on the north and north east by the parishes of Ardclach
and Cawdor; north west, by the united parishes of Moy and Delarossie;
south west by Alvie; east, by Inverallan; and on the south by the Spey, which
divides from the united parishes of Abernethy and Kincardine.
[--] Monadhlia Mountains, on the north and west of the parish, an extension -- Obsolete
[--]nge common to the districts of Badenoch, Strathdearn, and Stratherrick. -- These districts are in the Co. [County] of Inverness. See sheet 31, trace 6.
[---]h only interruption to the continuity of this range, is the narrow pass or
ravine of Slocmuic. Parallel to this range there is another in the south side
[of] the parish, much lower than the range already mentioned. This range commences
[---]tward in Craig Ghartin, and expands in breadth till it terminates in
Craigelachie, the slogan hill of the Grants, which divides Strathspey from -- See tracings of name book
Badenoch, and the county of Moray (Elgin) from Inverness, in that direction.
[Betw]een these two parallel ranges, is the narrow valley of the Dulnan, bisected -- written [can't read]
[by] the stream from which the valley derives its name. Between the southern range
and the Spey, is a narrow stripe of land, extending the whole length of the parish.
About 4 miles north of the parish church, there is a rocky hill, projecting in front
[of] the main range, called Craig na' iolar, the eagles eyrie, or crag. In this hill -- See sheet 32 trace 13
there are several fissures. One of them, near the west end, is from the top to the
bottom of the hill. Its appearance is as if it were cut with a sharp sword.
Loch Bhruach is situated on the northern range of hills; and in the -- Inverness-shire
Loch of Tullochgriban, some water snakes have been recently seen. -- Drained --Obsolete
The Dulnan is the only river properly belonging to the parish. Its source -- See tracings and Name book Inverness-shire.
is in the Badenoch hills it flows from west to east until it falls into
the Spey at Belentomb of Inverallan. -- Shown as "Ballintomb"
A short time previous to the extirpation of wolf's from this district, a woman
that resided on the farm of Lochantully (about a mile to the westward -- See sheet 36 trace 3
[of] the church), and had been returning from a neighbor's house with a
gridiron or girdle in her hand, was met by a huge animal of this kind
in a narrow land near her own house. They thus for a few moments, stood
gazing at one another, when the animal sprung upon its pray; but, as he
was in the act of seizing her, she, by a well directed stroke of the edge of
[the] gridiron, cleft his head in two, and laid him lifeless at her feet. In
[co]mmemoration of this feat, the lane is called Clais a' Mhadidh--the curs lane. -- Do [See sheet 36 trace 3]