CONTENTS 



PACE 



I. LOWLAND AND HILL Fox . . . . i 



II. EAGLE AND FALCON . . ' . . . 15 



III. WILD CAT, MARTEN, AND POLECAT . , 29 



IV. THE YEARS OF THE PERSECUTION . . 42 

 V. HOOF AND CLAW . . . . . 56 



VI. SEDGE- WARBLER AND EEL . . . .68 



VII. HAUNT OF THE WATER VOLE ... 80 



VIII. THE NORTHERN ISLES . . . . 92 



IX. DOWN THE TWEED . . . ... ,104 



X. SALMON AND TROUT , . '. . . 117 



XI. LANES AND WOODS . .' . . . 128 



XII. GOLF LINKS AND WILD LIFE . . . 140 



XIII. OSPREY, TERN, AND GANNET . . . 153 



XIV. CROWS AND GULLS . . , . .166 

 XV. AUGUST IN SCOTLAND . . .178 



XVI. THE OTTER . . . . . . 192 



XVII. DAYS WITH THE OTTER HOUNDS. . . 207 



XVIII. FROM WEASEL TO PTARMIGAN . . . 220 



XIX. ON WILDER WING . . .231 



XX. WINTER . , . ; , . 245 



XXI. THE TARN AND THE TAIL STREAM . . 256 



INDEX . ... . . . . 271 



