CONTENTS. 



IX. 



CHAPTER XV. 



Sheffield and its Individuality The Country, Above Ground 

 and Under Ground Wakefield and Leeds Wharf Vale 

 Farnley Hall Harrowgate ; Ripley Castle ; Ripon ; Conser- 

 vatism of Country Towns Fountain Abbey ; Studley Park 

 Rievaulx Abbey Lord Faversham's Shorthorn Stock . 302 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Hexham The North Tyne Border-Land and its Suggestions 

 Hawick Teviotdale Birth-place of Leyden Melrose and 

 Dryburgh Abbeys Abbotsford : Sir Walter Scott ; Homage 

 to his Genius The Ferry and the Oar-Girl New Farm 

 Steddings Scenery of the Tweed Valley Edinburgh and 

 its Characteristics . . . . . . . . .327 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Loch Leven Its Island Castle Straths Perth Salmon-breed- 

 ing Thoughts on Fish-farming Dunkeld Blair Atholl 

 Ducal Tree-planter Strathspey and its Scenery The Roads 

 Scotch Cattle and Sheep Night in a Wayside Cottage 

 Arrival at Inverness ........ 357 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Inverness ; Ross-shire ; Tain ; Dornoch ; Golspie Progress of 

 Railroads The Sutherland Eviction Sea-coast Scenery 

 Caithness Wick Herring Fisheries John 0' Groat's : 

 Walk's End 386 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Anthony Cruickshank The Greatest Herd of Shorthorns in the 



World Return to London and Termination of my Tour . 414 



