XXU CONTENTS. 



Glenmore — Loch Maddie — Crows — Gray Geese; time of 

 breeding — Old Nest of Osprey — Stag in the Loch — Fox- 

 hound — Black - throated Divers — Aultnaharrow — Loch 

 Laighal — Squall of Wind .... Page 29 ' 



CHAPTER IV. 



Return to Sutherland — Travelling from Edinburgh — Skye 

 Terrier; peculiarities of — Lairg — Loch Shin — River Shin 

 — Reserve of the English — Mr. Young's Experiments re- 

 specting Salmon ; Anecdotes of Salmon — Manner of Spawn- 

 ing ; Food of Salmon — Drive to Aultnaharrow — Curlews, 

 etc. — Loch Naver — Phalaropes — Widgeon — Green - 

 shank, etc. ........ 45 



CHAPTER V. 



Length of Day — Sedge Warbler— Different Birds near Loch 

 Naver — Ben Cleebrick — Rain — Loch Maddie — Frost — 

 Ben Laighal — Foxes — Sheep Killing — Catching Wild-ducks 

 — Peregrine Falcon ; manner of catching their Young — 

 Golden Eagles — Tongue — Fine Scenery of Bay of Tongue 

 and Islands — Wild-cat — Seals 64 



CHAPTER VI. 



Ferry from Tongue— Difficulties of our Start — Seals — Shep- 

 herds, etc. — Emigration — Heilam Inn — Storm — River 

 Hope — Drive to Durness — Cave — Rock-pigeons — Inn at 

 Rhiconnich — Search for Osprey's Nest — Swimming to Nest 

 — Loch of the Eagle-fisher — Stalking the Osprey — Row up 

 the Bay — Loss of Fishing-line — Scowrie — Island of Handa 

 — Innumerable Birds, etc. . . . . . 77 



