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INDEX. 



Poac'lic-il Hart" for Sale, 172 

 Poacher, Tatlietic Story of a, 169 



Shooting Hares hy Moonlight, 170 



Trying to trap a Hare, 177 



Poachers,' Dilferent kinds of, 169, 170 

 Poaehing' Grouse, 15t> 



., Weather for, 1()2 



Hares, 172 -17u 



Partridges, 171 



of Partridges, how prevented, 171 



Pond, Photograjilier and Camera fall into 



358 

 Population of St. Kildn, 32 

 Porjioises, Wallowin*;, '.'< 

 Position, A Perilous.' 110 

 Prayeis of Highlanders, 320 

 Precijiice, Highest, in British Isles, .56 

 Protection of Birds' Eggs and Youi!g, 207 

 Provisions for St. Kilda, 1 

 Puflin, Bitten by, 78 



Burrow, Saved by, 128 



Gin, 112 



,, at Work, 109 



Inqnisitiveness of, 109 



Life, Plenitude of, 113 



Snaring, 80, 81, 112 



Puffins, Behaviour of, when snared, 110 

 Cateli of, oil Borrera, 84 



Eji riiii^ Ilibliits from Burrows, 78 



Fl,\ii,- n:j,:iinst Wind, 61 



Gieal Nuiiiliers of, on Soa, 102. 113 



,, Slaughter of, 113 



Grotesque Appearance of, 270 



Kippered, 113 



• on Ailsa Craig, 268 



Round Borrera, 76 



Sound of Wings of, 78 



Quartered in an Empty Cottage, 8 

 Queen of St. Kilda, 51 

 Quern Stones at St. Kilda, 53 



Rabbits, Accidents to Young, 180 



Biting their Captors, 181, 182 



Breeding Habits of, 177 



Fleas on, 181 



• Great Fecundity of, 180 



Hide their Nests, 177, 180 



ou Fame Islands, 332 



Snared by day, 181 



Race for a Train, 324 

 Rats, How to catch, 135 

 Ravens at St. Kilda, 100, 101 



Curious Habits of, 148 



Effect of, on Grouse, 163 



Sliot by Gamekee])er, 241 



Where they sleep, 240 



Razorbill, Young, 105 

 Razorbills, Clever capture of, 108 

 Round Borrera, 108 



Hi ceiver, Birdcatclicr's, 282 



Redstarts, Great Cutcli of, 292 



l{rlics of lU-onc Davs, .53 



Religion, .\n Austere, 30 



Reciucst, A Partieular, 324 



Re.st iiijovrd )iy Jiirds, 246 



Ring-Ouzel, Habits of, 292 



Robin, Male feeds Female, 202 



Robins' Nests in Curious Situations, 196 



Rocks grooved by Boat Keels, 44 



Steejiness of, at St. Kilda, 66 



Rook frozen to Death, 233 



Stealing Sticks from Heron, 190 



Rooks killing I'h-dgeling.s, 146 



Hep.iiring Nests in Autumn, 236 



Stealing Grouse Eggs, 146 



,, Pheasants' Eggs, 146 



,, Sticks, 190 



Roosting of Grouse in Trees, 164 

 „ Partridges, 170 



I Rope, Horsehair, 124, 126 

 Ropes, Fowling, 124, 126 



I St. Cuthbert's Tower, Sleeping in a Haunted 



' Room in, 332 



St. Kilda, Amusing the Men of, 81 



An Old Maid's Apartment at, 34 



Aptitude of Inhabitants for Clifl- 



climbing, 57 



- Arrival of Strangers at, 



- as a Prize in a Boat-race, 16 



- Astonishing the Natives of, 63 



- Beards of Men of, 32 



- Bees never seen at, 128 



- Birds seen at, 57 



- ,, that only lay one Egg at, 120 



- Brooches, Peculiar, 19 



- Caring for Widows and Orphans at, 53 



- Cheese, 39 



- Cleits, 46 



- Cliffs of, 56 



- Cliff-climbing, 57 



- Clipping Shears unknown at, 41 



- Complexion of People at, 46 



- Cuckoo considered a Messenger of 

 Death at, 128 



- Carious Boat-handling Custom at, 

 43 



- Death Dirge, Singing of, at, 34 



- Dignity of People of, 51 



- Direction of, indicated by Puffins 

 and Guillemots during a Fog, 4 



- Division of Cliffs of, 53 



- Dogs of, 6 



- Domestic Fowls little valued at, 48 



- Dress of Women at, 19 



- Drnnkeiiiirss unknown in, 35 



- Earlv .M.MTi.i-r al. :f7 



- Effect nl Ham.iprs on People of, 37 



- " Eight-Day Sii'kne.ss," 33 



- Etiquette, Curious, 27 



- Factor's awkward Predicament, 24 



- First Acquaintance of Inhabitants 

 with Cement, 10 



,, Si.ght of, 5 



- Food - supply of, Cfimpared with 

 that of Hebridean Crofters, 9 



- Fuel, 46 



- Generosity of People of, 52 



- Graveyard neglfcted at, 44 



- Gi-eat i)isa]ipointmeiit for People of,4S 

 ,, Number of Eggs gathered, 119 



- ,, Slaughter of Puffins, 113 

 ,, Ti'agedy, 54 



- Growing SIrawberries, ?4 



- Hani Lot of Wmiien, 19 



- Hcartlnu- tor a Shawl, 22 



- Heron considered a Witch, 128 



- History of Illumination, 23 



- Honesty and Inqnisitiveness of the 

 Inhabitants, 23 



- Houses, 11 

 Inhabitants of, come to meet us, 8 



,, landing Provisions, 8 



■ Innoeent Simplicity of People, 27 

 Isolation of, 28 

 Jew Pedlar, 27 

 Lady Grange's Exile, 28 

 Last Sight, 129 

 Letters from, 29 

 Light during Night, loit 



,, How they used to pay for 

 one, 54 

 Loyalty of People of, 27 

 Love from, 129 



,, of Gaudy Colours amongst 



Wonieii, 22 

 ,, of Natives for, 49 

 " Lover's Stone," 37 



Mailhoat, 28 



