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- 17
I saw all day was the Glen of Drumtaughty [Drumtochty].
I would love to have a day to explore + photograph
Dor tells me that until recently there were
lots of deer on these hills but they got so
badly infested with ticks they were all shot
off.
St [Saint] Cyrus July 31/52 [1952]. Wandered the beach at St [Saint] Cyrus.
At the mouth of the N. [North] Esk then was a large
accumulation of gulls + eiders in eclipse.
Earlier least terns had nested but all are now
away. Counted 20 salmon traps across the
mouths of the N. [North] + S. [South] Esk rivers. Each trap
consists of a fence about a quarter of a mile
long. The inner end is on small piles
the outer end is floating. Along the length
are up to 6 V traps as below.
[TRAP DIAGRAM] 2' 8"
The trap part is roofed + floored. The roof has
a small slit in it through which the fish are
removed. They are taken out from high
prowed dollys [word crossed out] dorys or by men walking the ropes.
They are carried or towed ashore twice a day
+ placed in side packs on a small donkey.
Needless to say the results are few + expensive
In the evening Joyce [Cowan] + I drove the beach
road from Johnshaven to Inverbervie on a
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