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part of the Highlands and Isles, 
14 ; contents of his baggage, 14 ; 
objects of study, 15; spends a 
night near Loch Maree, 16; at 
Poll ewe, 17 ; on the beneficial 
effects of travelling, 17 ; attach¬ 
ment to Marion M‘Caskill, 18; 
“survey” of his acquirements, 
20-24; A Year's Residence and 
Travels in the Hebrides , 24; 
abandons the study of medicine, 
26, 57 ; dissector to the Lecturer 
on Anatomy at Marischal College, 
26; his walk from Aberdeen to 
London, vii, 26-52 ; at Charleton, 
28 ; at the base of Ben Macdhui, 
28; his sense of reverential 
enjoyment, 32; at Kingussie, 
32 ; Aberarder, 33 ; ascends Ben 
Nevis, 33; at Dunbarton, 35; 
Glasgow, 35; Ayr, 36; in the 
“ Land of Burns,” 36 ; at Girvan, 
37 ; Dumfries, 37 ; discovers the 
grave of Burns, 37; at Spring- 
field, 38; amount expended on 
the journey, 38, 51; number of 
miles, 39, 53 ; crosses the border, 
40; trouble in changing a bank¬ 
note, 40-42 ; spends a night in a 
cart shed, 41 ; at Keswick, 42; - 
his impressions of Borrodale, 
43; at Kendal, 44; on keeping 
the Sabbath, 44; at Lancaster, 
45 ; Horsley, 45 ; impressions of 
Manchester, 46, 47 ; at Buxton, 
47 ; Loughborough, 48 ; Ash¬ 
bourne, 49 ; Graftonregis, 51 ; 
reaches London, 52 ; at the 
British Museum, 53; study of 
ornithology, 54, 87 ; his char¬ 
acteristics, 55, 64, 69, 90, 101, 
104,107,110 ; loss of his journals 
by fire, 56 ; return to Aberdeen, 
56, 109 ; at Edinburgh, vii, 57 ; 
attends Prof. Jamieson’s lectures, 
57 ; death of his friend Dr 
Barclay, 57 ; poem and sketch 
of his life, 58 ; assistant and 
secretary to Prof. J amieson, 60 ; 
marriage, vii, 61 ; resigns his 
appointment, 61, 70; literary 
works, 61, 86, 115; Conservator 
of the Surgeons’ Museum, vii, 
62 ; his book on the Rapacious 
Birds , 63, 75, 86, 115; assists 
Audubon with the Ornithological 
Biographies , 65,69,115; meeting 
with him, 69; knowledge of 
ornithology, 70 ; style of writing, 
71, 141-43; Audubon’s apprecia¬ 
tion of his work, 72; accompanies 
him to the Highlands, 73 ; pub¬ 
lication of the first three volumes 
of his History of British Birds , 
viii, 74, 86, 115 ; work of 
removing and arranging the 
museum, 75-77 ; discharge of his 
duties, 75, 77, 82 ; number of 
articles labelled, 76; tribute to 
his services, 77, 85 ; . inspection 
of museums, 79; criticisms on 
their condition, 80-2; his lectures 
on natural history, 83, 86 ; com¬ 
pletion of the catalogue, 83; 
resigns the conservatorship, 84; 
appointed Professor of “ Civil 
and Natural History ” in Maris¬ 
chal College, Aberdeen, viii, 84, 
97, 115, 116 ; views on Origin of 
Species , 88-91, 146-48; religious 
views, 89, 104, 107; Manual of 
Botany , 90, 115; meaning of 
his name, 91; descriptions of 
scenery, 91; Natural History 
of Deeside , 92, 118, 144; his 
sympathy with ravens, 93 ; deep 
sense of the mystery of N ature, 
94,107,143,156 ; his illustrations 
and water-colour drawings of 
birds, 95; mode of instructing 
his students, 98 ; magnetic 
influence, 98, 151 ; History oj 
the Mollusca of the North-East 
of Scotland , 99, 137, 140, 152; 
preface to the book, 99; collec¬ 
tion of zoological specimens, 100 ; 
considerate treatment of his 
students, 100-2,105 ; appearance, 
103; excursion to the upper 
part of the valley of the Dee, 
106; illness, 108; relinquishes 
his class duties, 108 ; at Torquay, 
109, 211 ; death of his wife, 109 ; 
publication of the fourth and 
fifth volumes of History of 
British Birds, 109 ; death, 109; 
number of his children, 110 ; 
sons, 111 ; an appreciation of his 
scientific work, 114 ; friends, 116, 
178 ; the all-round naturalist, 
