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Continued entries/extra info

Parish of Alvie
Extracts from New Statistical Account
The parish consists of two divisions, separated by the River Spey. The largest and the most populous of those divisions, situated on the north west side of that river may [be considered] a parallelogram. The other division of the parish situated on the opposite side of the Spey, extends from north to south in the form of a rhomboid.
The parts of the Grampian Mountains, at which the southern extremity of the parish terminates, form the highest hills in Scotland. The mountains forming the northwest boundary of the parish are considerably lower than the Grampians.
[Through] the narrow valley of Glenfeshie, the wind sometimes blows down from the hills in violent gusts, resembling the hurriccanes of tropical climates.
There are no springs in this parish that merit particular notice. The only lake is Loch Alvie, if we except Loch Inch, formed by the Spey, the one half og which may be said to
be within the parish of Alvie. The length of Loch Alvie, which almost surrounds the glebe, may be computed at a mile, the breadth half a mile; and the greatest depth 65 feet.
The Spey is the only river passing through the parish. Its source is the Braes of Badenoch, near the border of Lochaber, at a distance of not less than 30 miles from his place. Its mean breadth may be reckoned at 50 yards; the average depth of the deepest pools at from 10 to 12 feet; and [its]length from its source to Garmouth cannot be less than [....] miles.
[The] mountains of this parish are composed mostly of gneiss, [which] is intersected with veins of granite and red porphyry, [of] which there are fine specimens in the Burn of Raitts at Belleville. Limestone is quarried at Dunachton and veins of lead occur in the gneiss in the Burn of Raitts, and at Tyncairn, both on the property of Bellville.

Examiners replies to each of the [underlined] portions.
Grampian Mountains: written
valley of Glenfeshie: Glen Feshie written
Loch Alvie: written
Loch Inch: written
The Spey: written
Braes of Badenoch: Badenoch written
Lochaber: [no reply]
Burn of Raitts: Raitts Burn written
Belleville: written
Dunachton: written
Tyncairn: obsolete

Transcriber's notes

Several entries were underlined and the 'replies' written alongside. As I couldn't work out, or find, how to do this, I have entered them at the end.