SPEY  , a See also:

• RIVER

river in the See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

Highlands of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . It rises in Mt Clach-a-Cheannaiche in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of See also:

• LOCHABER

Lochaber, in See also:

• INVERNESS

Inverness-See also:

• SHIRE

shire, at a height of 1497 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . A mile from its source it forms the small See also:

• LOCH, HENRY BROUGHAM LOCH, 1ST BARON (1827-1900)

Loch Spey, and 31 M. See also:

• LOWER

lower down it expands into the larger Loch See also:

• INCH (O. Eng. ynce from Lat. uncia, a twelfthpart; cf. " ounce," and see As)

Inch . After See also:

• CROSSING

crossing the boundary of See also:

• ELGINSHIRE, or MORAY (Gaelic " among the sea-board men ")

Elginshire, below See also:

• GRANTOWN

Grantown, it pursues an extremely See also:

• SERPENTINE

serpentine course, as far as Craigellachie, where it begins to flow due northwards, becoming wholly a See also:

• MORAY

Moray stream as it approaches See also:

• FOCHABERS

Fochabers, and falling by several mouths into the Moray See also:

• FIRTH, CHARLES HARDING (1857– )
• FIRTH, MARK (1819-1880)

Firth at See also:

• KINGSTON
• KINGSTON, ELIZABETH, DUCHESS OF (1720-1788)
• KINGSTON, WILLIAM HENRY GILES (1814-188o)

Kingston . Its See also:

• TOTAL

total length is about I ro m . It is the most rapid river in Scotland and is nowhere properly navigable, though at Speymouth in its lowest reaches some See also:

• SHIP

ship-See also:

• BUILDING

building has been intermittently carried on . The strength of its current is due partly to its lofty origin, and partly to the See also:

• VOLUME

volume of See also:

• WATER

water contributed by numberless affluents from the mountainous regions of ifs See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth . The more important tributaries are, on the See also:

• LEFT

left, the Markie, See also:

• CALDER
• CALDER, SIR ROBERT

Calder, Dulnain, Tulchan, Ballintomb and See also:

• ROTHES, EARLS OF

Rothes and, on the right, the Mashie, Truim, Tromie, Feshie, Nethy, See also:

• AVON

Avon, Fiddich and Mulben . Its See also:

• AREA

area of drainage is 1300 sq. m . At certain points the stream attains a considerable width, as at Alvie, where it is 150 ft. wide, and at See also:

• KINGUSSIE

Kingussie, where its width is from 8o to roo ft . From below Craigellachie, and especially on the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low-lying See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast-See also:

• LAND

land, pools or stretches of See also:

• FAIR

fair See also:

• SIZE

size become frequent . For beauty of scenery Strathspey holds its own with any of the See also:

• GREAT

great valleys of Scotland .

As a See also:

• SALMON
• SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

salmon river the Spey yields only to the See also:

• TAY
• TAY, LOCH

Tay and See also:

• TWEED

Tweed . It passes many interesting spots in its See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long career, such as Laggan; See also:

• CLUNY, or CLUGNY

Cluny See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle, the seat of Cluny See also:

• MACPHERSON, JAMES (1736–1796)
• MACPHERSON, SIR DAVID LEWIS (1818–1896)

Macpherson; See also:

• CRAIG, JOHN (1512 ?-1600)
• CRAIG, SIR THOMAS (c. 1538–1608)

Craig Dhu, the " See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock," and Kingussie . It flows past the See also:

• PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine forests of Rothiemurchus; Granton, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of Strathspey; Cromdale, where the clans-men suffered defeat at the hands of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William III.'s troops in 1690; Ballindalloch, with a splendid Scottish baronial castle, the seat of the Macpherson-Grants; and See also:

• CHARLESTOWN

Charlestown of Aberlour and its See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• CATARACT (from the Lat. form cataracta of the Gr. Karapplucrgss, a floodgate, or waterfall, properly something which rushes down)

cataract .