*September Snow, Loch Carron, Ross-shire. | Frontispiece |
By Finlay Mackinnon. | |
| FACING PAGE |
*“The joy of watching deer when they have no suspicion that they are being watched” | 1 |
By V. R. Balfour-Browne. | |
Golden Days | 4 |
By V. R. Balfour-Browne. | |
*“See! from the tops the mist is stealing” | 6 |
By Finlay Mackinnon. | |
*“The salmon leaped twice straight up into the air” | 16 |
By V. R. Balfour-Browne. | |
The Peregrine Falcon | 26 |
By V. R. Balfour-Browne. | |
Winter Sunshine—Wild Geese at the Foot of the Applecross Hills | 36 |
From a Photograph by The Lady Anne Murray of Loch Carron. | |
*The Spine-tailed Swift | 40 |
By V. R. Balfour-Browne. | |
*The Golden Eagle | 64 |
By V. R. Balfour-Browne. | |
Where the Golden Eagle reigns | 68 |
From a Photograph by Frank Wallace. | |
*Preparing for Battle | 76 |
By Frank Wallace. | |
*“Take the fifth, he’s the best” | 80 |
By V. R. Balfour-Browne. | |
In the Forest of Fannich | 82 |
By Finlay Mackinnon. | |
“He had the advantage of some inches over my little grandson, who was nearly five years old” | 90 |
From a Photograph by Mrs. Noel Wills. | |
*Sligachan, Isle of Skye | 96 |
By Finlay Mackinnon. | |
“Lying on a ridge we spied some deer” | 98 |
From a Photograph by the Author. | |
The Five Sisters of Kintail | 104 |
By Finlay Mackinnon. | |
Old Angus nearing Home | 110 |
By V. R. Balfour-Browne. | |
The Sanctuary, Kinlochewe Forest | 124 |
By Finlay Mackinnon. | |
“The trusty allies of our fathers on the hill” | 128 |
By Philip Stretton. | |
“I was spying for some time” | 134 |
From a Photograph by the Author. | |
*The Applecross Hills, and a Highland Fishing Village | 142 |
By Finlay Mackinnon. | |
Death of the Mallard | 148 |
By J. Wolf. | |
Among the Western Islands | 166 |
From a Photograph by Miss Diana Darling. | |
*Where Strome Castle looks over the Sea to Skye | 168 |
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. | |
*On 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. | |