PREFACE. 



ON my return from the East, I found amongst other notes and 

 rough sketches of my father's his daily journal, which he kept 

 with accuracy when living at Invererne (near Torres). Sub- 

 mitting it to my friend Mr David Douglas, the compiler and 

 editor of " Natural History and Sport in Moray," published in 

 1863, and reissued with additions in 1882, now entirely out 

 of print, he thought that although most of the facts had been 

 recorded in that volume, yet the daily record of the author's 

 observations at Invererne was so fresh that he ventured to think 

 they would be interesting to all lovers of Natural History. 



I have introduced some of the rough sketches made for the 

 amusement and instruction of his children. These are taken at 

 random from his sketch books. On the fly leaves of the volume 

 will be found those for our amusement. 



The " Memoir " by Cosmo limes and " Life at Kosehall," 

 which both appear in " Natural History and Sport in Moray," 

 are added ; also a few remarks of my own on visiting the locality 

 in 1900. 



STOKEFIELD, THORNBUKY. 



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