CONTENTS. ix 



DOGS. 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 



Learned Dog and Show -woman — Education of Sporting Dogs 

 — Hereditary Instinct of Dogs— Their thievish propensities 

 descend to their offspring — Bad-tempered Dogs— Breaking 

 of Dogs — Their jealousies — Their hunting alliances — 

 Attachment of a Dog to his Master — Dog-eating reprobated 

 — Bloodhounds — Skye Terriers — Dogs combining against a 

 common enemy — Old Dogs — Singular instance of sagacity 

 in one p age 197 



WINTER SKETCHES. 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 



Grouse; Hardiness of — Difference of Climate in Morayshire 

 — Migratory habits of Partridges — Grubs, etc., destroyed by 

 Pheasants — Ptarmigan — Ptarmigan-shooting during Winter 

 — An Expedition to the Mountains — Early start — Tracks of 

 Otters — Otter-hunting — Stags — Herons— Golden -eyes— 

 Wild-cat— Mallards— Tracks of Deer— Gray Crows— Eagle- 

 Shepherd's hut— Braxy Mutton— Ascent of the Mountain- 

 Ptarmigan— Change in the weather — Dangerous situation 

 — Violent Snowstorm — Return home — Wild-duck shooting 

 — Flapper-shooting 216 



HIGHLAND SHEEP. 

 CHAPTER XXXV. 



Introduction of Sheep into the Highlands— Aversion of High- 

 landers to Sheep ; disliked by Deer also — Prophecy — 

 Activity of black -faced Sheep; instincts of— Mountain 

 Sheep in enclosures— The Plaid ; uses of ; various ways of 

 wearing; manufactures of; invisible colours— Shepherds- 

 Burning of Heather— Natural enemies of Sheep— Shepherds' 

 Dogs — Origin of Dogs 241 



