Excerpt from Illustrations of the Topography and Antiquities of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff, Vol. 2 The materials placed at the Editor s disposal. Ehi'efl-y from the charter-room's of ancient finnilies within the two counties, have so fair e-x-eeet'lcil ex-peetation, that it has been found necessary to divide the work into Three Vol-nines. The Second of these, wnt'a-innig the he gin-ui-ng oi' the Text, -uppeu.r first; the Third, giving the conclusion of the Text, the A4} penilix, and a zeopious lnilex well to this work as to the coleegtions for A Huron-v or Tm-z shires or aberdeen and ban will appear next; and the First volume, oe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.