CH. XI. END OF RAMBLES IN THE COUNTY. 165 



of the least visited. Koss-shire, Inverness-shire, 

 etc., lie more in the way of grouse-shooters and 

 sportsmen, and are consequently more known and 

 written about than Sutherland, although the latter 

 can be travelled through with more ease, comfort, 

 and economy than either of the other named 

 counties. 



I must conclude my rambles in Sutherland, but 

 hope that some more able and scientific pen than 

 mine will be found to describe the objects of natural 

 history and of interest in the county, which I have 

 merely glanced at. These notes I now commit to 

 the public with all their errors and imperfections, 

 hoping that the fact of the incidents and remarks 

 contained in them, being the result of the personal 

 and unprejudiced observation of one more skilled 

 in using the rifle than the pen, will induce the 

 reader to excuse their faults, and to look more 

 favourably on my scribbling than any merit of the 

 notes themselves may deserve. 



