CONTENTS 



FAOB 



Introduction .......... i 



CHAPTER I 



Highland Lakes — Steam-boats — Small Lochs — ^Wild Cats — Ravens — 

 Dragging the Lake — The Char — Fishing at Night — Pike — Trolling 

 large Trout on Loch Ness— Flies, Otters, etc. — Fishing with the 

 Otter — Spawning Trout ........ 8 



CHAPTER II 



Roe : Mischief done by — Fawns— Tame Roe — Boy killed by Roe — 

 Hunting Roe : Artifices of — Shooting Roe — Unlucky shot — Change 

 of colour — Swimming — Cunning Roe . . . . . - I9 



CHAPTER III 



Grouse's Nest — Partridge Nest- — Grouse-shooting — Marten Cat — ^Witch : 

 Death of — Stags — Snaring Grouse — Black Game : Battles of — 

 Hybrid Bird — Ptarmigan-shooting — Mist on the Mountain — Stag — 

 Unsuccessful Stalking — Death of Eagle ... . . 27 



CHAPTER IV 



The Wild Cat : Strength of ; Rencontre with — Trapping tame Cats : Des- 



tructiveness of — Poisoning vermin — Trapping vermin . . .43 



CHAPTER V 



Poaching in the Highlands — -Ronald — Poachers and Keepers — Bivouac 

 in Snow — Connivance of Shepherds — Deer killed — Catching a Keeper 

 — Poaching in the Forests — Shooting Deer by Moonlight — Ancient 

 Poachers ........... 50 



