INDEX 



227 



Mafroramphus griseus, 19 

 Marten, pine, 11, 12 



St. John's descrip- 

 tion of, 12 

 Merganser, 25 

 Methods of poaching, 147 

 Midges, 28, 38 

 Minard Castle, 13 

 Mixed shooting, 211-223 



NIL desperandum, 153-162 



OCTOBER, chill, 211-223 



Orme, Dr., 212 



Osmunda rcgalis, 39, 40 



Osprey, 16 



Otter, 15 



Out of the depths, 103-135 



PARTRIDGES, 214 

 Pen, sea, 120-125 

 Pennatula phosphorea, 120, 



123 



Peregrine falcon, 18, 165, 198 

 Phalarope, grey, 19 

 Pheasant, 214 

 Pigeon, wood, 215 

 Plover, golden, 216 

 Proteus, the Herds of, 72-86 

 Poltalloch, 1-21 



RABBITS, 12, 13, 14, 15 



Rats, 3, 45 



Raven, 218 



Redbreasted snipe, 19 



Retriever, 26 



" Rhyme of the Three Sealers," 



Kipling's, 73 

 Roe, 31 



chasing the, 41-56 



cooking of, 56 



hounds for, 46, 48 



rifle or shot-gun for, 46 



Roe, tame, 44 



unwounded, killed with 



knife, 55 



Rook with deformed beak, 20 

 Ross, Edward, 58 

 Ross, Horatio, 58 



SABELLA, 131 



Salmon -fishing, 136-175 



good bag of, in low water, 



160 

 Salmon, small flies for, 161, 



162 



Salmon, wounded by seal, 150 

 Sea-eagle, 16, 17 

 hare, 120 

 pen, 120, 125 

 rope, 124 

 rush, 106, 117-124 

 Seal, a day with a, 87-102 



the Herds of Proteus, 72- 



86 

 Seal, at salmon nets, 76 



cave, 75 



death of, 79, 85 



frightened by salute, 79 



importation of, 72 



lost, 100 



on rocks, 92 



skinning, 101 



stalking, 92-97 



uses of, 74 

 Serpuloe, 130 

 Sgoltaire, Loch, 185 

 Smuggling, 9 

 Snipe, brown, 19 



,, redbreasted, 19 



,, shooting, 217 

 Snowy owl, 17, 18 



TEAL, 218 



Terrier, Poltalloch, 26 



Trout, 179, 180, 181 



