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"ABERDEENSHIRE, a maritime Co. in the NE. of Scotland; bounded
N. and E. by the German Ocean; S. by the counties of Kincardine,
Forfar, and Perth; and W. by the counties of Inverness and Banff.
Greatest length, NE. and SW., 85 miles; greatest breadth, NW. and
SE., 42 miles; coast-line, 60 miles. Area, 1955.4 sq. m., or 1,251,451
ac. Pop. 267,990, or 137 persons to each sq. m. The coast is mostly
bold and rocky, and with little indentation. The chief promontories
are Kinnaird's Head, Rattray Head, and Buchan Ness, the last being
the most easterly point of Scotland. The surface, on the whole,
is hilly and mountainous. It is lowest in the districts bordering
on the coasts; hilly in the interior, with much moor, but also with
many slopes and hollows in a good state of cultivation; and grandly
mountainous in the SW., where numerous summits, including Ben Macdhui
(4296 ft.), rise above 3000 ft. Much of the country is well-wooded.
The chief rivers are the Dee, Don, Ythan, Ugie, and Deveron. Granite
is the principal rock, and is extensively quarried for exportation."
[Bartholemew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887]
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