LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xv 
FACING PAOE 
Death of the Mallard . . , . .148 
By J. Wolf. 
Among the Western Islands . . . .166 
From a Photograph by Miss Diana Dariing. 
■*Where Strome Castle looks over the Sea to Skye . l68 
By Finlay Mackinnon. 
*" The big stag is still there " . . . .176 
By Frank Wallace. 
*An Autumn Day, Loch Carron — looking West . .184 
By Mrs. Schroder of Attadale. 
Sunset on the Shores of Loch Carron . . .192 
From a Photograph by Miss Alexandra Fraser. 
*0n the Edge of the Deer Forest .... 200 
By Finlay Mackinnon. 
In Achnashellach Forest .... 204 
By Finlay Mackinnon. 
*Evening Glow, Poolewe, Ross-shire . . .212 
By Finlay Mackinnon. 
*" The morning cometh " . . . . .218 
By Finlay Mackinnon. 
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