CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PARENTAGE 



PAGES 



Birth in Brittany — Curious coincidences — My father's death 

 and burial — An eventful voyage — Highland stage-coach 

 in winter — The Gairloch property — Annual migrations — 

 Incidents on the journey — The old inn — Milkers and their 

 cows — Pandemonium — Tigh Dige, the old home - 1-16 



CHAPTER II 



FAMILY HISTORY 



Our Gairloch ancestor — Threat by Lews Macleods — Murder of 

 kinsman's two boys — Retribution — Slaughter of the 

 Macleods — Treachery to the Mackenzies — Fight on the 

 ship — An unpopular clan — Personal beauty of the 

 Macleods — The forty-five — The family bard — Search for 

 Prince Charlie — The secret chamber - - 17-28 



CHAPTER III 



CHILDHOOD 



Potato blight — Relief work at Gairloch — The Loch Maree road 

 — I cut the first sod — The first wheeled vehicle — Transport 

 before the days of roads — My mother's love for Gaelic — 

 Schools in the parish — My mother as parish doctor — 

 Early recollections — My grandmother as housekeeper — 

 Old-time customs and habits — Climatic changes — Straw- 

 berries in June — Disa])pearance of wild bee - 29-48 



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