SHORT TOUR IN SUTHERLAND. 



CHAPTER I. 



Sutherlandshire ; its "Wild- birds not sufficiently known — Our 

 Start and Conveyance — Kyle of Sutherland — Woods of 

 Rosehall ; old Keeper there ; his recollection of me — Oykel 

 Inn — Altnagalcanach ; Origin of Name ; Fishing at — Con- 

 veying Boat to Loch Urigil— Wild Geese and Divers on the 

 Loch — Large Trout of these Lakes — Drive to Inchnadamph 

 — Value of rare Eggs — Heronry — Peregrine Falcon and 

 Buzzards' Nests — Climbing over the Rocks. 



Amongst the thousands of scenery-hunters and 

 tourists there are very few who have ever made 

 an excursion through the county of Sutherland, 

 although it is a district as interesting as any in 

 Europe, both for its magnificent and varied scenery, 

 including sea, mountain, valley, and lake, and also 

 as containing many rare subjects interesting to 

 the naturalist and botanist. There are many 

 birds and plants to be found in the wilder parts 

 of this county which are scarcely to be seen else- 

 where in Britain. The naturalist may here observe 

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