INDEX. 



Adders, 187 the bite of, 479. 



Albinos, 195. 



Alpine or white hare, 112 its mode of 

 running, ib. its times of changing 

 colour, 113 their snow-burrows, 114 

 great increase of hill hares, 115 

 the eagle and the hill hare, ib. 

 action of a hare in presence of a foe, 

 116 miniature stalking, ib. 



Angling, autumn, on the Lyon, 343 

 the salmon pools, ib. low water, 344 

 rural weather-prophets, 345 the 

 mysteries of a salmon river, 351 

 the general rules for salmon fishing, 

 355. 



Badgers, 236. 

 Bat, the great, 208. 

 Black game, 91. 

 Bloodhounds, 49. 

 Blue hare, the, 112. 

 Burn-trout, 406 et seq. 

 Bustard, the great, 309. 

 Bute, sport in, 186 et seq. 



Capercailzie-shooting, 75. 



Cat, the wild, 259 its scarcity, ib. 

 tame cats run wild, ib. marks of 

 the true breed, 260 large female 

 wild cat, ib. wild kittens, 261 a 

 sad tale, ib. 



Clearances, Highland, 223 note. 



Cod, a gourmand, 297. 



Colquhoun, John, sketch of the life of, 

 xvii et seq. 



Cormorants, 129 et seq. 



Corrach-Bah ; or, a plea for the wastes, 

 222 the improvement mania, ib. 

 Loch Bah and Lochan Nahachalach, 

 225 juxtaposition of golden and 

 sea eagles' eyries, ib. from Glasgow 

 to the Black Mount, 226 et seq. a 



model Highland deer-stalker, 227 

 male golden eagle, 229 the eyrie, ib. 

 stalking the female, 230 strength 

 and ferocity of eagles, 231 a drive 

 to Loch Awe, 234 Castle Connal, 

 235 a fifty-year-old badger, 236 

 hooking a fine ferox opposite the 

 gled's nest, 238 the murdered tink- 

 ler's cairn, 241. 

 Cuckoo, the, 204. 



Deer-driving in Mull, 25 the Bentalla, 

 Scalastal, and Garmony hunting- 

 grounds, ib. the Knock pass, 26 

 the "Ugly Buck," 28 the Garroch- 

 ree stag, 30 a deer hunt at night, 

 32 black game on Garmony, 35 

 some good stalking, 38 et seq. a con- 

 tretemps, 41 the missing hart, 43. 



Deer reserves, 300. 



Deer-stalking, 5 no sport more ruled 

 by the weather, ib. difficulty of 

 knowing how the wind strikes a 

 given point, ib. misses of novices 

 from nervousness, 6 good shooting 

 dependent on good nerve, ib. the 

 old Highland deer-stalker, 9 very 

 deliberate shooting necessary for 

 deer, 12 best stalking weather, 13 

 ox- deer, or heaviers, 14 stalking 

 between deer, ib. quick sight of 

 foresters, 16 best chances at old 

 harts, 17 deer-drives, ib. stalking 

 in Glenartney forest, 19 fine deer 

 of the Black Mount, 20 a quick- 

 eyed keeper, 21 a deer duel, 22 

 snooting one of the combatants, 23 

 the stag's bath, ib. massy antlers, 

 24. 



Diver, the, 159 et seq. 



Dogs for the gun, 164 a dog's quali- 

 fications, ib. the near ranger, 165 



