CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGK 



1. SUNSET AND SUNRISE ON BEN NEVIS . . . i 



2. THE EAGLES OF THE MOUNTAIN BIRCH . . 6 



3. THE COMING OF SPRING TO THE MIST ISLANDS . 10 



4. AT THE BREEDING GROUNDS OF THE GREY SEAL . 16 



5. ARDNAMURCHAN . .. . ;, , . . 21 



6. THE ARCTIC SKUA AND ITS NESTING ... 25 



7. THE BIG GLEN > . *'. -^ ... . . 32 



8. THE LIFE OF A PTARMIGAN .. .-. * . .38 



9. lONA AND ITS SOUND . . ; , . ' . 44 



10. THE SEA POOL . . . . ..'.. 52 



11. MEMORIES OF HIGHLAND STALKERS . . . 59 



12. AN LOCHAN UAINE . . . . '., . 67 



13. THE GLEN OF THE HERONS . , , -71 



14. THE QUEEN OF THE ISLANDS . . . 77 



15. BEN MORE MULL . . . * > . 82 



16. THE LOCHAN OF THE RED-THROATED DIVER . 90 



17. THE TRIBE OF THE SEA SWALLOWS . . 94 



18. RUDHA NA H'UAMHA . .- . . .100 



19. THE MAIL-BOAT . - , . . , * \ 105 



20. SKERRYVORE . . . , ... . in 



21. LOCH NAN CEALL ' *. . , . , 115 



22. THE FIGHTING OF THE BLACKCOCK . . .122 



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