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CHAPTER I. 
Highland Lakes—Steam-boats—Small Lochs—Wild Cats—Ravens— 
Dragging the Lake—The Crea—Fishing at Night—Pike—Trolling 
large Trout on Loch Ness—Flies, Otters, &c.—Fishing with the 
Otter—Spawning Trout . . . . . . . . 2 
CHAPTER IIT 
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 . . . 7 - 18 
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—Unsuccess- 
ful Stalking—Death of Eagle . . ‘ - . . 25 
CHAPTER IV. 
The Wild Cat: Strength of; Rencontre with—Trapping tame Cats: 
Destructiveness of—Poisoning vermin—Trapping vermin . . 388 
CHAPTER V. 
Poaching in the Highlands—Donald—Poachers and Keepers—Bivouac 
jn Snow—Connivance of Shepherds—Deer killed—Catching a Keeper 
—Poaching in the Forests—Shooting Deer by Moonlight—Ancient 
Poachers . . . . . . : . : - 48 
CHAPTER VI. 
Salmon-fishing—Salmon ascending Fords—Fishers—Cruives—Right 
of Fishing — Anecdote — Salmon-leaps—History of the Saimon— 
Spearing Salmon—River Poaching—Angling—Fly-making—Eels— 
Lampreys . . . . . . . . . - 54 
CHAPTER VII. 
Short-eared Owl: Habits of—Long-eared Owl—Tame Owl— White Owl 
—Utility of Owls—Mice—Rats: Destructiveness of—Water Rats: 
Food of—Killing Rats—Ratcatchers, . . . oe » 64 
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