CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 



— Glenmore — Loch Maddie — Crows — Grey Geese ; time 

 of breeding — Old Nest of Osprey — Stag in the Loch — Fox- 

 hound — Black-throated Divers — Aultnaharrow — Loch 

 Laighal — Squall of Wind .... Page 29 



CHAPTER IV. 



Return to Sutherland — Travelling from Edinburgh — Skye 

 Terrier; peculiarities of — Lairg — Loch Shin — River 

 Shin — Reserve of the English — Mr. Young's Experiments 

 respecting Salmon ; Anecdotes of Salmon ; Manner of Spawn- 

 ing ; Food of Salmon — Drive to Aultnaharrow — Curlews, 

 &c. — Loch Naver — Phalaropes — Widgeon — Green- 

 shank, &c 45 



CHAPTER V. 



Length of Day — Sedge Warbler — Different Birds near Loch 

 Naver — Ben Cleebrick — Rain — Loch Maddie — Frost 



— Ben Laighal — Foxes — Sheep Killing — Catching Wild 

 Ducks — Peregrine Falcon ; Manner of catching their Young 



— Golden Eagles — Tongue — Fine Scenery of Bay of Tongue 

 and Islands — Wild Cat — Seals .... 64 



CHAPTER VI. 



Ferry from Tongue — Difficulties of our Start — Seals — Shep- 

 herds, &c. — Emigration — Heilam Inn — Storm — River 

 Hope — Drive to Durness — Cave — Rock Pigeons — Inn at 

 Rhiconnich — Search for Osprey 's Nest — Swimming to Nest 

 — Loch of the Eagle Fisher — Stalking the Osprey — Row 

 up the Bay — Loss of Fishing Line — Scowrie — Island of 

 Handa — Innumerable Birds, &c. . . . . 77 



