18 Contents. 
CHAPTER IV. 
RUNS AWAY FROM HOME. 
Sets out for the Kettle.—His Provisions His Money.—Tries to sell 
his Knife.—Ruins of Dunnottar Castle—Bervie—Encounter with 
Tramps.—Montrose.—Sells his Knife.—Sleeps in a Hay-cock.—Ar- 
broath.—Sailors’ Wives.—Dundee.—Long-tailed Titmouse.—Cupar. 
—Reaches the Kettle—His Reception.—Sets out for Home.—Un- 
civility of a Gamekeeper.— Adventure with a Bull.—Rests near 
Stonehaven.—Reaches Aberdeen.—Reception at Home.....Page 74 
CHAPTER V. 
RESUMES WORK. 
Offers himself as a Sailor—Resumes Shoe-making.—Wild Botanical 
Garden.—Tanners’ Pits for Puddocks.—The Picture - shops.—The 
Penny Magazine.—Castlegate on Fridays.—Gun-makers’ Windows.- 
—Tries to emigrate to America as-a Stowaway.—He fails.—Joins 
the Aberdeenshire Militia —Chase of a Butterfly —Is apprehended. 
—lIs reprimanded and liberated.—Enlists in the 60th Rifles —As- 
sists as a Pew-opener.—Leaves Aberdeen for Banff........... 85 
CHAPTER VL 
SETTLES AT BANFF. 
His Employment.—Finds Time to follow his Bent.—His Caterpillars 
_among the Workmen.—His Landlady.—Marries a Huntly Lass.— 
Settled for Life.—Self-education in Natural History.—Stuffs Birds. 
—His Want of Education Want of Books.—Shy and Friendless. 
—Avoids the Public-house.—His Love of Nature.—The Ocean.— 
The Heavens.—Makes a Collection.—His Gun.and Paraphernalia. 
—His Equipment.—Sleeps Out-of-doors at Night.—Exaggerated 
Rumors about him.—Frequents Boyndie Church~-yard.—Lies in 
Holes during Rain.—Disagreeable-Visitors.—Awful Night in Boyn- 
die Church-yard:—Moth-hunting at N' ight.—Terrible Encounter with 
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CHAPTER VII. 
NIGHT WANDERERS. 
Animals wandering at Night.—Their Noises and Cries. —The Roe- 
deer and Hare.—The Rabbit.—A- Rabbit Fight.—The Fox—The 
