CONTENTS. XV11 



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 THOMAS A' THING 356 



A SPRING WEEK IN THE WEST HIGHLANDS 



Drive from the Holy Loch to Loch Eck. A jolly hermit. Dalmally. 

 Salmon-fishing at the falls of the Urchay. Superstitious hill- 

 man. The Morayshire witch. A gowk's errand. The otter's 

 whistle. Sea-eagle's eyrie. Large pike at Kilchurn. Voracity 

 of pike. Gourmand cod. Night-march. Second disappoint- 

 ment. The Kannoch shepherd, .... 361 



FRAGMENTS 



Arts of ground-hatching birds to decoy from their young. A pattern 

 to stepmothers. Large summer dragon-fly. Stories about the 

 nightingale and other small birds. Adders. Norway rats. 

 Stoats. Weasels. White pheasants. White roe. White red 

 deer. White rook. Royston crows. Waxwing. Seafowl of the 

 Firth of Forth. A mole-catcher, . . . .378 



APPENDIX 



TRAPPING THE TRUE AND LEGITIMATE WAY TO 

 DESTROY VERMIN 



Four-footed vermin. Winged vermin. Traps. Vermin terrier. 



Strychnine, ....... 397 



