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BERGELDIE Castle, formerly the property of the Mowats, but now of theGordons, is romantically placed on the south bank of the Dee; extensivewoods growing to the summits of the lofty eminences to the south-east of thecastle, add to the effect of a scene naturally picturesque, and the summits ofLoch-na-gar, seen in the distance, form a consistent and grand terminationto a Highland landscape. The birch woods are celebrated in the well known Scottish balladof “ The Birks of Abergeldie and the romantic story of the encounter of the Mowats an$ theCamerons of Brux, gives an interest to the early history of its venerable castle, of which theformer was then the proprietor. The tradition is, that to decide their quarrel the partiesagreed to meet on the hill of Drumgaudrum, in the parish of Kildrummie, each to be accom-panied by eleven horsemen ; that the Laird of Abergeldie, in bad faith, arrived with a footsoldier behind each of his party, and were in this disproportioned number on the field of con-flict before the Camerons were aware of the treachery practised, and when it was too late for