INDEX. 



495 



keep the channel, 318 trolling with 

 par, ib. young herring bait, 320 

 confined water, ib. minnow bait, 

 ib. casts for worms, 321 the pools 

 on the Echaig, 321 hooked fish 

 splashing, 324 uncertainty of sal- 

 mon, ib. increasing scarcity of sal- 

 mon, 325 trouting the germ of 

 salmon -fishing, 326 trout-fishing, 

 ib. moods of fish, 329 races with 

 salmon on the Dee, 331 boat-fish- 

 ing a salmon pool, 335 net-murder, 

 337 artificial propagation of salmon, 

 341 makeshift for a broken rod, 

 342. 



Salt-water lochs, fishing on, 426 the' 

 sea-loch, ib. trolling for sea-trout, 

 427 the long line, 429 the hand 

 line, 431 the white feather, ib. 

 sea-loch fishing, 433 "cuddies" or 

 young seithe, 435 trawling, 437 

 porpoises, 440 whales in the Sound 

 of Mull, 441 spearing flat-fish, ib. 

 oyster-beds, 442 a thrilling episode, 

 ib. the scringe-net, 443. 



Scott, Sir Walter, on roes and venison, 

 60. 



Scringe-net, the, 443. 



Sea-eagle, the, 247. 



Sea-fowl shooting in the Firth of Forth, 

 124 May the mouth for sea-fowl 

 shooting, 125 bewildering number 

 of birds, 126 eider-shooting at 

 North Berwick, 127 the Great Nor- 

 thern diver, 128 a favourite cor- 

 morant stance, 129 an expedition to 

 Fiddery, 130 the Hooded Merganser, 

 131 the black guillemot, 132 a 

 voyage to the May, ib. the inland 

 lochs, 137 the Bass Rock, 138 its 

 appearance when first seen, ib. 

 numerous varieties of sea-fowl, ib. 

 the martyrs' cells, 140 the look 

 down, ib. an aspiring blacksmith 

 floored, 141 feat of a noted smug- 

 gler, ib. small birds on the Bass, 

 143 another eider expedition, 144. 



Sea-loch fishing. 433. 



Seal-shooting, 65 bagging seals, 66 

 the monster seals of Loch-na-Gaul, 

 67 seal-stalking in the Sound of 

 Mull, 69 fight between a dog and 

 seal, 74. 



Shooting-places, list of Mr Colquhoun's, 

 491. 



Skylark, the, 201 et seq. 



Snipes, 122 their distribution in Bute, 

 217. 



Spaniels, 72. 



Spearing flat-fish, 441. 



Sport in Bute, 186 Kames Castle, 187 

 no adders in Bute, ib. the slow- 

 worm, 188 the cane or mouse-killer, 

 ib. the birds of Bute, 189 number 

 of magpies, 190 the last ospreys of 

 Loch Lomond, 191 the kestrel, 192 

 poaching rooks, 193 the rookery 

 at Kames Castle, 194 albinos, 195 

 starlirigs, 196 the owl, ib. the 

 night-jar, 198 migrants, ib. stormy 

 petrels, 202 the fern-owls, 203 the 

 cuckoo, 204 pigeons, ib. "silver 

 haddies," 205 a hermit seal, 206 

 wasps' nests, 207 bats, 208 sport in 

 Kames, 210 Glenmore valley, 212 

 shooting Robodach partridges, 214 

 variations in colour of hares, 216 

 winter-shooting on the Kyles, 218 

 rod-fishing, 221. 



Sport, parting words on, 482. 



Spring week in the West Highlands, a, 

 286 drive from the Holy Loch to 

 Loch Eck, ib. a jolly hermit, 287 

 salmon-fishing at the Falls of the 

 Orchy, 289 superstitious hillmen, 

 290 the otter's whistle, 293 sea- 

 eagle's eyrie, ib. large pike at Kil- 

 churn, 296 voracity of the pike, 

 297 a gourmand cod, ib. second 

 disappointment, 298 the Rannoch 

 shepherd, ib. 



Starling, the, 196. 



Swans, wild, 159 et seq. 



Swift, the, 199. 



Teal, 160. 



Terriers, Scotch, 172. 



Touring, Highland, 3. 



Trolling and trouting rules, 388. 



Trolling for the salmo-ferox, 377. 



Trout-fishing, 326, 393 et seq., 403 ct 

 seq. 



Trouting, river, 393 choice of flies, ib. 

 how to fish still deeps, 394 drag- 

 ging the cast, ib. trouting in the 

 Almond, 395 the reign of the May 

 fly, ib. fishing in muddy streams, 

 396 a hint to the young angler, ib. 

 trouting anecdotes, 397 small 

 minnow a taking bait about dusk, 

 398 places where trout harbour, ib. 

 wind, ib. Lennie burn, ib. burn 

 trout, 399 imprisoned trout and 

 eels, ib. 



Trouting rules, 388. 



Turkeys, wild, 308. 



Turtle-dove, the, 276. 



Wasps' nests, 207 et seq. 

 Wastes, a plea for the, 222 et seq. 



