Excerpt from A Sportsman and Naturalist's Tour in Sutherlandshire I do not fear the criticism of the learned; my flight is far too humble to obtain even their censure: nor do I aim at instructing any of my readers, but solely at amusing them. The scientific naturalistmust excuse my errors of description and my want of skill: but thus far, and thus far only, I can venture to say a good word in favour of my rough notes - that they are the result of actual and personal observation, and not of hearsay or second-hand in formation; and that, therefore, some reliance may be placed in them. The present volume consists of extracts from a Journal, written during a wandering excursion through Sutherlandshire, one of the most interesting counties in Scotland, and one of the least known, of a series of field-notes for each month in the year, written during my residence in the pleasant land of Moray, and of a few miscellaneous chapters on matters of interest to the sportsman. Such as they are, I offer them to the public, trusting that they will receive them as the off-hand thoughts and observations of one who is more accustomed to the hill-side than to the study - to the gun than to the pen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.