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*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.

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By V. R. BALFOUR-BROWNE.]

THE CHARM OF SPORT AMID THE HIGH HILLS

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