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INDEX. 



Poached Hare for Sale, 172 

 Poacher, Pathetic Story of a, 169 



Shooting Hares by Moonlight, 176 



Trying to trap a Hare, 177 



Poachers, Different kinds of, 169, 170 

 Poaching Grouse, 156 



Weather for, 162 



Hares, 172-175 



Partridges, 171 



of Partridges, how prevented, 171 



Pond, Photographer and Camera fall into a, 



358 



Population of St. Kilda, 32 

 Porpoises, Wallowing, 3 

 Position, A Perilous, 110 

 Prayers of Highlanders, 320 

 Precipice, Highest, in British Isles, 56 

 Protection of Birds' Eggs and Young, 207 

 Provisions for St. Kilda, 1 

 Puffin, Bitten by, 78 



Burrow, Saved by, 128 



Gin, 112 



at Work, 109 



Inquisitiveness of, 109 



Life, Plenitude of, 113 



Snaring, 80, 81, 112 



Puffins, Behaviour of, when snared, 110 



Catch of, on Bprrera, 84 



Ejecting Rabbits from Burrows, 78 



Flying against Wind, 61 



Great Numbers of, on Soa, 102, 113 



Slaughter of, 113 



Grotesque Appearance of, 270 



Kippered, 113 



on Ailsa Craig, 268 



Round Borrera, 76 



Sound of Wings of, 78 



Quartered in an Empty Cottage, 8 

 Queen of St. Kilda, 51 

 Quern Stones at St. Kilda, 53 



Rabbits, Accidents to Young, 180 



Biting their Captors, 181, 182 



Breeding Habits of, 177 



Fleas on, 181 



Great Fecundity of, 180 



Hide their Nests, 177, 180 



on Fame Islands, 332 



Snared by day, 181 



Race for a Train, 324 

 Rats, How to catch, 135 

 Ravens at St. Kilda, 100, 101 



Curious Habits of, 148 



Effect of, on Grouse, 163 



Shot by Gamekeeper, 241 



Where they sleep, 240 



Razorbill, Young, 105 

 Razorbills, Clever capture of, 108 



Round Borrera, 108 



Receiver, Birdcatcher's, 282 



Redstarts, Great Catch of, 292 



Relics of Bygone Days, 53 



Religion, An Austere, 36 



Request, A Particular, 324 



Rest enjoyed by Birds, 246 



Ring-Ouzel, Habits of, 292 



Robin, Male feeds Female, 202 



Robins' Nests in Curious Situations, 196 



Rocks grooved by Boat Keels, 44 



Steepness of, at St. Kilda, 66 



Rook frozen to Death, 233 



Stealing Sticks from Heron, 190 



Rooks killing Fledgelings, 146 



Repairing Nests in Autumn, 236 



Stealing Grouse Eggs, 146 



Pheasants' Eggs, 146 



Sticks, 190 



Roosting of Grouse in Trees, 164 



Partridges, 170 



Rope, Horsehair, 124, 126 

 Ropes, Fowling, 124, 126 



St. Cuthbert's Tower, Sleeping in a Haunted 



Room in, 332 

 St. Kilda, Amusing the Men of, 81 



An Old Maid's Apartment at, 34 



Aptitude of Inhabitants for Cliff- 

 climbing, 57 



Arrival of Strangers at, 6 



as a Prize in a Boat-race, 16 



Astonishing the Natives of, 63 



Beards of Men of, 32 

 Bees never seen at, 128 



Birds seen at, 57 



that only lay one Egg at, 120 



Brooches, Peculiar, 19 



Caring for Widows and Orphans at, 53 



Cheese, 39 



Cleits, 46 



Cliffs of, 56 



Cliff-climbing, 57 



Clipping Shears unknown at, 41 



Complexion of People ajt, 46 



Cuckoo considered a Messenger of 



Death at, 128 

 Curious Boat-handling Custom at, 



43 



Death Dirge, Singing of, at, 34 



Dignity of People of, 51 



Direction of, indicated by Puffins 



and Guillemots during a Fog, 4 



Division of Cliffs of, 53 



Dogs of, 6 



Domestic Fowls little valued at, 48 



Dress of Women at, 19 



Drunkenness unknown in, 35 



Early Marriage at, 37 



Effect of Bagpipes on People of, 37 



" Eight-Day Sickness," 33 



Etiquette, Curious, 27 



Factor's awkward Predicament, 24 



First Acquaintance of Inhabitants 



with Cement, 10 



Sight of, 5 



Food - supply of, compared with 



that of Hebridean Crofters, 9 



Fuel, 46 



Generosity of People of, 52 



Graveyard neglected at, 44 

 Great Disappointment for People of, 48 



Number of Eggs gathered, 119 



Slaughter of Puffins, 113 



Tragedy, 54 



Growing Strawberries, 24 



Hard Lot of Women, 19 



Hearthrug for a Shawl, 22 



Heron considered a Witch, 128 



History of Illumination, 23 



Honesty and Inquisitiveness of the 



Inhabitants, 23 



Houses, 11 



Inhabitants of. come to meet us, 8 



landing Provisions, 8 



Innocent Simplicity of People, 27 



Isolation of, 28 



Jew Pedlar, 27 



Lady Grange's Exile, 28 



Last Sight, 129 



Letters from, 29 



Light during Night, 100 



How they used to pay for 



one, 54 



Loyalty of People of, 27 



Love from, 129 



of Gaudy Colours amongst 



Women, 22 



,, of Natives for, 49 



" Lover's Stone," 37 



Mailboat, 28 



