PREFATORY NOTE. 



The second edition of Mr. Charles St. John's 

 Tour in Sutherland is almost an exact reprint 

 of the original, as published in 1849. Instead 

 of altering the text or adding fresh notes so as 

 to bring the book up to the requirements of 

 the day, the editor considered that it would be 

 better to leave the work as the author wrote it, 

 and to supplement the volumes by an entirely 

 new chapter on the Fauna of the district. In 

 carrying out this plan he was so fortunate as to 

 secure the hearty co-operation of Mr. Buckley 

 and Mr. Harvie- Brown, who have been careful 

 students of the natural history of Sutherlandshire 

 for the last seventeen years ; the results of their 

 experience, written from accumulated notes kept 

 during these years, are given in the Appendix. In 

 addition to the authorities consulted, a list of which 

 will be found on pp. 292-3 of vol. ii., " They have 

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