CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



EARLY YEARS. 



Edward "born at Gosport, Portsmouth The Fifeshire Militia 

 Return to Cupar Eesidence at Kettle Settles at Aberdeen 

 The Green How Edward became a Naturalist The sow Bet 

 Stolen by Gipsies The Inches, Aberdeen Fondness for 

 "Beasts " An incorrigible boy Imprisoned at home Sets the 

 house on fire Is laid up by fever His Recovery Birds' Nests 

 Rubislaw Quarries The "Wasp's Nest . Pages 1-20 



CHAPTER IL 



SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS. 



Edward goes to school Plays the Truant The fishwives Bell 

 Hill Grannie's Plunge A Kae taken to school Edward's ex- 

 pulsion Sent to his second school The Horse-leeches Edward 

 expelled The third school The Sparrow's nest harried Takes 

 the nest to school The birds " chirrup "The Master bit by 

 a Centipede Edward thrashed terribly Expelled from his 

 third school A night under the logs Results of his punish- 

 ment Hunt after an adder The adder sold . . 21-46 



CHAPTER III. 



APPRENTICESHIP. 



Goes to work A Tobacco-spinner Factory at Grandholm The 

 Banks and Braes of the Don The Brig o' Balgownie Spires of 

 St. Machar Working at the factory The Sedge-warbler The 

 Kingfisher Country rambles Apprenticed to a Shoemaker 

 Charles Begg Shoemakers' pets Begg's brutality Edward's 

 pets killed "Wishes to be a sailor Tries in vain . 47-60 



