62 BIRD BIOGRAPHIES 



one of the greatest mistakes that a 

 visitor can make is to try to take a 

 short cut across the moor. A fisherman 

 was out on one of the lochs, and not 

 having good sport he intimated to his 

 gillie that he would get out of the boat 

 and go across to the hotel which he 

 could see a few hundred yards away. 

 To his surprise, he learnt from the gillie 

 that he would have to walk seventeen 

 miles to reach the hotel in that direction ! 

 To really appreciate this wonderful 

 island, we should climb to the top of 

 the hill on the southern side, from the 

 summit of which a view of the whole 

 island is obtained. The panorama 

 before you is remarkable ; it is just one 

 mass of water and land all mixed up 

 together in one inextricable maze. 



Such a wild and little known region 

 is a fine hunting-ground for the bird 

 photographer, for here some of the 

 rarest birds are found. On one heather- 



