Excerpt from St. Kilda It is perhaps presumption ou my part to publish photographs of birds in a place which has already been exploited by so successful a photographer as Mr. Kearton, especially as I only had a small hand-camera to work with, and it is downright impudence to presume to illustrate St. Kilda with the brush after reading the statement that only the hand of a Turner could do justice to the grandeur of the scenery, so I must ask the reader to make allowances for the imperfections of the camera, and still more for the inefficiency of the artist, and trust that in spite of all defects the book may be of interest to the public. 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.