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almost submerge the slow march of the other processes of 

 nature, and this difference in degree, associated with Man's 

 purposefulness, almost inevitably leads to a sharp distinction 

 being drawn between nature and man. Where, however, 

 this distinction has been emphasized in the following pages 

 the contrast is relative and not absolute, it lies between 

 wild nature and nature man-controlled; in our land the old 

 order of nature has been all but superseded by the new order 

 of mankind, but Man himself is still " Nature's insurgent 

 son." 



This book has been made possible by the labours of many, 

 and principally of Scottish naturalists, travellers, historians 

 and lawmakers ; their records are the bricks of which the 

 structure is built. I recognize and would acknowledge my 

 debt to all, instancing as of special value to the student of 

 faunal evolution such contributions as were made by the 

 late Dr J. A. Harvie-Brown to the past histories of several 

 Scottish animals. For myself in particular I am indebted to 

 Dr W. Eagle Clarke for hints which led to fruitful investiga- 

 tion, and to Mr Oliver H. Wild for several apt illustrations. 



Permission to use figures from published papers was 

 granted by Prof. J. Cossar Ewart, F.R.S., Dr R. Stewart 

 MacDougall and Mr A. Henderson Bishop ; blocks were 

 generously lent by the Councils of the Society of Antiquaries 

 of Scotland (Figs, i, 10, 12, 26, 35, 57, 60), and of the 

 Highland and Agricultural Society (Figs. 5-9, 13-19, 21, 

 72-74, 76, 81-83), by Mr Bruce Campbell (Fig. 23), Mrs 

 Comyns Lewer, Editor of The Feathered World (Fig. 24), 

 the Council of the Zoological Society of Scotland (Fig. 58), 

 and the Trustees of the British Museum (Fig. 68). Full 

 reference to the sources of these blocks is made in the 

 " List of Illustrations." The Director of the Geological Survey 

 of Great Britain allowed the reproduction of an unpublished 

 photograph from the Survey Collections (Fig. 56). It is 

 a pleasure to record my gratitude to one and all of these. 



