vi TO THE READER 



animals and plants, there are some desultory gleanings 

 from bygone history and such musings as pass through 

 the mind of one dwelling amid rustic scenes. Pass 

 through aye, and so most apt to pass away, unless 

 one pins them down before they vanish in the throng 

 of new impressions. 



HERBERT MAXWELL. 



MONBEITH, 1919. 



