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Extracts from New Statistical Account -- Examiners Replies to the Underlined portions
Parish of Abernethy -- Nairn 19th October 1866
The Parish of Kincardine has been united to
this parish, and both lie on the south east side
of the River Nethy. The parish extends from the borders -- Shown
of Cromdale to Rothiemurchus. The River Spey , -- Shown
expended apparently to its greatest maginitude,
glides onward in a smooth unruffled course, from
Rothiemurchus till it meets the District of Moray,
near the middle of Abernethy, the lower end of which
parish falls within the County of Inverness -- Shown
The mountains of Cairngorm (the blue mountains) -- Not Examined yet
rise to a conspicuous elevation on the southern boundary
of the parish. They are seldom wholly free from snow.
The forests cannot extend themselves to a great height
on their sides. There are beautiful topaz stones of all -- Shown as Abernethy Forest
colours found on these hills, capable of being polished for
ornamenting rings and finishing seals.
There are several lakes in the parish. That of Glenmore -- Shown
in Kincardine is nearly circular, and about 2 miles in
diameter. It occupies the middle of an aged forest of -- No Name: the whole estate of Glenmore is a deer forest.
Firs, which, when sold by the late Duke of Gordon,
was considered to be of the largest and best timber
in Scotland; and the progress of a new growth of -- Work in which these objects are situated has not as yet been examined.
timber in the forest is now so great that the result must
one day be very profitable. The lake discharges into the
Spey a stream which has a course of 6 miles. In this
quarter, there is a lake in the hollow of a mountain which
neither takes in nor emits any stream; but the rocky banks rise
around to a great height, and are clothed with the ever verdant pine.
The Nethy from which the parish takes its name, is only a -- Shown as the River Nethy.
brook in dry weather; but is occasionally swelled to such
a degree as to float down timber to the saw-mills or to the Spey.

Corpl [Corporal] Daniels
R.E. [Royal Engineers]

Transcriber's notes

A nightmare of formatting given the restrictions of the word processing function. No underline or bold type as alternative. I have shown the Examiner's responses as best I can but very unsatisfactory since I cannot include the wavy bracketing.