CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XLI. 



PAGE 



Plague of Thistles in Australia and New Zealand — How to deal with 

 them — Cnicus Acaulis, Great Milk Thistle, or Stemless Thistle — 

 Fierce Fight between two Seals, " Nelson " and " Villeneuve," . 250 



CHAPTER XLII. 



Wounds from Stags' Antlers exceedingly dangerous — The old Fingalian 

 Ballads — Number of Dogs kept for the Chase — Dr. Smith's ' ' Ancient 

 Lays " of modern manufacture — The Spotted Crake {Crex Prozana) 

 at Inverness — Its Habits, ........ 258 



CHAPTER XLIII. 



Whelks and Periwinkles — An Ossianic Reading — The Sea-shore after 

 a Storm — The Rejectamenta of the deep — An amusing Story of a 

 Shore-Searcher — Severity of Winter — Wild-Birds' Levee — Wood- 

 cock — Snipe — Blue Jay, ........ 2G4 



CHAPTER XLIV. 



A ' ' Blessed Thaw " after a Severe Frost — Longevity in Lochaber — 

 A ready " Saline draught " — A prohatum est Recipe for Catarrh and 

 Colds — Egg-shell Superstition — Curious old Gaelic Poem, . . 272 



CHAPTER XLV. 



" Albert," a famous Labrador Dog — As a Water Dog — His intelligence 



— Takes to Sheep-Stealing — Death !...... 278 



CHAPTER XLVL 



An old Fingalian Hero — His keenness of Sight and sharpness of Ear - 

 Foresters and Keepers — Foxhunters — Donald MacDonald — His 

 Dogs — Sandy MacArthur the Mole-catcher, .... 2SS 



CHAPTER XL VII. 



Autumnal Night — Meteors — The Spanish Mackerel — Professor 

 Blackie's Translations from the Gaelic — The " Translations " of the 

 Gaelic Society of Inverness, ....... 293 



