SHORT TOUR U SUTHERLAND. 



CHAPTER I. 



Sutherlandshire ; its Wild Birds not sufficiently known — Our 

 Start and Conveyance — Kyle of Sutherland — Woods of 

 Rosehall ; old Keeper there ; his recollection of me — Oykel 

 Inn — Altuagalcanach ; Origin of Name ; Fishing at — Con- 

 veying Boat to Loch Urigil — Wild Geese and Divers on the 

 Loch — Large Trout of these Lakes — Drive to Inchuadamph 

 — Value of rare Eggs — Heronry — Peregrine Falcon and 

 Buzzards' Nests — Climbing over the Rocks. 



Amongst the thousands of scenery-hunters and 

 tourists there are very few who have ever made an 

 excursion through the county of Sutherland, although 

 it is a district as interesting as any in Europe, both 

 for its magnificent and varied scenery, including sea, 

 mountain, valley, and lake, and also as containing 

 many rare subjects interesting to the naturalist and 

 botanist. There are many birds and plants to be 

 found in the wilder parts of this county which are 

 scarcely to be seen elsewhere in Britain. The 

 naturalist may here observe closely the eagle, the 



