PREFACE. 



Rev. William Miller, A.M., Thurso, for the letters sent 

 by Dick to his uncle, the late Mr. John Miller, F.G.S. 



Among those who have also favoured me with 

 \ aluable information as to Dick's life, I have to mention 

 Mr. Brims, Procurator- Fiscal, Thurso; Mr. G. M. 

 Sutherland and Mr. Fielding, Wick ; Professor Shearer, 

 Airedale College, Bradford ; and Dr. George Shearer, 

 Liverpool. 



With respect to the Illustrations, they have, for the 

 most part, been the result of several journeys which I 

 have made round the coast of Caithness, and also into 

 the inland districts frequented by Robert Dick, while 

 making his numerous journeys in search of fossils, 

 boulder clay, ferns, plants, and grasses. 



The illustrations have been much improved by being 

 drawn on the wood by such accomplished artists as 

 Leitch, Skelton, and Boot, and engraved by Cooper, 

 Whymper, and Paterson. 



Mr. Sheriff Russell of Wick and Mr. Charles Peach 

 of Edinburgh have also given me their assistance in the 

 preparation of the illustrations. 



The engraving of Mr. Peach has been executed by 

 Charles Roberts, after a photograph by Mr. Dallas, 

 Edinburgh. 



LONDON, NOVEMBER 1878. 



