XVI CONTENTS. 



Boundaries of Gawick. Fate of Walter Gumming. Wrath of 

 a fairy. Destructive avalanche. Convivial resolution. Ar- 

 rival at Bruar Lodge during the night-storm - Page 103 



CHAP. IV. 



Necessary qualifications for a deer-stalker. Curious attitudes re- 

 quired. Sleep almost superfluous. Advantages of baldness. 

 Self-possession indispensable. Abstinence from drinking, and re- 

 strictions in food. Gormandizer's pastime. Royal diversion. 

 Sportsman's philosophy. George Ritchie, the fiddler. Crafty 

 movements. Currents of air. Passing difficult ground. Range 

 of the rifle. Firing at the target. Tempestuous winds. A tyro's 

 distress. Overwhelming kindness. Of speed and wind. John 

 Selwyn. Wilson, the historian. Glengarry - - 125 



CHAP. V. 



Rifle practice. Newly invented rifle-ball. Gun-cotton - 149 



CHAP. VI. 



A Scotch mist. Visions of auld lang syne. Retrospect. The mist 

 clears. How to carry the spare rifles. Storm in the mountains. 



Sportsmen struck by a thunderbolt. Willie Robertson's lament. 



Macintyre's death. Deer seen on the move. Vamped- 

 up courage. Making a dash. Unexpected success. Dogs 

 fighting .---__--_. 150 



CHAP. VII. 



The forest of Atholl. Probable number of deer, and their size. 

 Cumyn's cairn. Highland vengeance. Fatal accident. Prin- 

 cipal glens. Glen Tilt. Marble quarries. Roe deer. Lakes 

 and lodges. Merry foresters. Forest Song. Cuirn-Marnick, 

 Last execution at Blair. Arrest of a murderer. Royal feasting 

 and hunting. Palace in the forest, and Highland cheer. Burning 

 of the Palace. Kilmavonaig beer. Cumming's death. Belief 

 in witchcraft. M. G. Lewis's legendary tale of the Witch of Ben- 

 y-gloe 172 



