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[Transcriber’s Note—the following changes have been made to this text:
Page 45: repeated word “as” corrected—“regarded as summarising”.
Page 49: to to too—“go too soon”.
Page 115: repeated word “and” corrected—“Inversnaid, and its memories”.
Page 119: breath to breadth—“greatest breadth”.
Page 140: repeated word “between” corrected—“that between Callander”.
In Publisher’s adverts: Avertiser to Advertiser—“Brechin Advertiser”.]