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of the Scotch coast from Berwick, as far as the mouth of the Firth 

 of Forth, and out to the Bass Kock, where the Gannet, or Solan 

 Goose, whitens the rugged slopes with its legions, has come under 

 observation, and from thence I have journeyed by easy stages 

 to Aberdeen, along the coasts of Fife, Forfar, and Kincardine. 

 I have always had a longing to make a prolonged sojourn at 

 Stonehaven, whose beautiful sandy bay is an ideal spot for a 

 restful holiday. Some day I shall hope to stay there. 



I have been over and under the Forth and Tay bridges, and 

 at Tayport, on the southern shore of the River Tay, have seen 

 as fine a gathering of Gulls as anywhere on the British coast. 

 When one remembers that this little resort at the entrance to 

 the Tay is only a few minutes' steam from bonnie Dundee (where 

 I neither saw nor tasted marmalade), such a feathered company 

 is all the more remarkable. 



FIG. 74. BLACK-HEADED Q-ULL.' 



Happy recollections come back to me as I reach Aberdeen on 

 the map before me, for I have tramped along Deeside on the way 

 to Balmoral, and watched the silvery Salmon disporting their 

 dappled bodies in the rushing waters under the old bridge, and 

 returned footsore to my hotel where, by the way, the late Lord 

 Strathcona was also staying. 



I must now bid farewell to the east coast, and ask the reader 



