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INDEX. 



temptation to sportsmen in Mull, ib. 

 a deer hunt, 468 a terrific gale 

 and thunderstorm, 472 birds and 

 beasts of prey in Mull, 474 winter- 

 shootings of the Sound, 479. 



Nightingales, Sir John Sinclair's pro- 

 ject for breeding, in Caithness, 341. 

 Night-jar, the, 198.* 

 Northern diver, the great, 128. 



October on the Stinchar, 357 the 

 spates, ib. the Duckat Wheel, 359 

 playing with an enormous fish, ib. 

 stoning him, 360 the line cut, ib. 

 the uncertainty of salmon -flies, 

 362 kite's-tail wings, ib. a twenty- 

 three pounder, 363, 364 the finest 

 fish of the season, 366 a five hours' 

 run, 367. 



Osprey, the, 248. 



Otter, the, 263 otter-hounds, ib. the 

 foumart a good substitute for the 

 otter, ib. a Thames otter, 264 ot- 

 ters in Loch Lomond, ib. trapping 

 otters, 265 their destruction of 

 salmon, 266 otter and young ones, 

 ib. water mice and rats, 267 otter's 

 tactics when hunted, 269. 



Ousels, rock and river, 282. 



Owls, 196 et seq. 



Ox-deer, 14. 



Partridges, 214 et seq. 



Penguin on the Bass Rock, 138. 



Perch, 423. 



Petrel, the stormy, 202. 



Pigeons, wild, 271 the cushat or wood- 

 pigeon, ib. spring habits, ib. winter 

 flocks, 272 the stock-dove, 274 

 rock -doves, 275 the turtle-dove, 

 276. 



Pike, voracity of the, 297 trolling for, 

 419 set lines and trimmers for pike, 

 420. 



Porpoises, 440. 



Preaching, a Highland, 451. 



Preservation of game, the, 300 deer 

 reserves, ib. influence of preserva- 

 tion on sport, ib. grouse-shooting, 

 301 old birds, 302 driving shots, 

 303 pay both sheep and game rent, 

 304 close season for deer, 305 

 mean heads of wood-deer, 306 wild 

 goats, 308 wild turkeys, ib. the 

 great bustard, 309 the destiny of 

 man, 310. 



Ptarmigan, the, 96 its wild haunts, 

 ib. a ptarmigan - shooting expedi- 

 tion, 97 "ptarmigan ground," 101 



chasing ptarmigan on the scaurs of 

 Ben Loy, 106 ptarmigan on Dun- 

 deveuch, 110 food of the, ib. et seq. 



Raid on Sutherland, a, 446 changes, 

 ib. sea-birds, 448 the island of 

 Handa, ib. the Handa eyrie, 449 

 the " men," 451 a Highland preach- 

 ing, ib. -Lochs Slam, Craggie, and 

 Layghal, 453 the salmo-feroxes of 

 Loch Assynt, 454 a colony of gulls, 

 455 Ross of Tongue, 456 an am- 

 phibious coachman, ib. trolling 

 Loch Naver, 457 the schoolmaster 



. abroad, ib. Assynt lochs, 459 the 

 Duke's museum, 460 crossing the 

 Minch to Stornoway, 461 the voy- 

 age by the Hebrides, 464. 



Rats, water, 267. 



Red-wing, the, 118. 



Retrievers, 72. 



Rock and river ousels, 282 gre- 

 garious in autumn, ib. feed on fruit, 

 ib. hatch in low bushes on waste 

 ground, ib. the river-ousel, a bird of 

 solitude in spring, 283 frequents 

 the mountain-burn and moor-loch, ib. 

 sings in hard frost, 284 cream- 

 coloured water-ousel, ib. 



Roe-hunting, 44 the haunts of the 

 roe, ib. common mistakes in hunt- 

 ing, ib. cautions, 45 bloodhounds, 

 49 the roe's sagacity, ib. its dislike 

 to the fallow-deer, ib. roe-islands in 

 Loch Lomond, ib. a tame roe, 50 

 Glenfalloch roes, ib. fallacies of Sir 

 Walter Scott on roes and venison, ib. 

 winter-shooting, 52 the last day 

 in Glenfalloch, 54 three roes in the 

 larder, 55 et seq. fierceness of roe 

 in defence of her young, 64. 



Rooks, 193. 



Salmo-ferox, trolling for the, 377 

 haunts of the salmo-ferox, ib. hints 

 to fishers, 379 five days' trolling on 

 Loch Awe, 381 fishing in Castle 

 Connal Bay, 383 weigh your fish 

 yourself, 384 the Sutherland fer- 

 oxes, 385 the phantom minnow, 

 386 trolling on the Tweed, 387 

 trolling and trouting rules, 388. 



Salmon-angling, 312 fishing a science, 

 ib. salmon angling the deer-stalk- 

 ing of the streams, ib. management 

 of the fish the true test of skill, 314 

 charms of angling for intellectual 

 men, ib. local knowledge necessary, 

 315 the casts, 316 hints regarding 

 hooks and flies, 316 et seq. salmon 



