. The land of the hills and the glens; wild life in Iona and the Inner Hebrides . Lesser Tern and her A KITTIWAKE WITH HER YOUNG. The Tribe of the Sea Sivallows all ages, the migrating instinct proving stronger than theparental one. But I do not think their migration is a hurried one,like that of the birds which have difficulty in obtainingfood on their journey; for the sea swallows appear to maketheir way leisurely along the coasts, feeding on the sandeels as they go, and gradually reaching those southerlyregions where, with the sun shining warm and the sea blueand unruffled, they wil
. The land of the hills and the glens; wild life in Iona and the Inner Hebrides . Lesser Tern and her A KITTIWAKE WITH HER YOUNG. The Tribe of the Sea Sivallows all ages, the migrating instinct proving stronger than theparental one. But I do not think their migration is a hurried one,like that of the birds which have difficulty in obtainingfood on their journey; for the sea swallows appear to maketheir way leisurely along the coasts, feeding on the sandeels as they go, and gradually reaching those southerlyregions where, with the sun shining warm and the sea blueand unruffled, they will pass the winter months till the callof summer once more brings them north to their well-lovednesting-grounds. 99 CHAPTER XVIII RUDHA NA hUAMHA Away in the west of Mull there stands, guarding the shoresof that island from the eager waves of the Atlantic, theHeadland of the Caves, or, in the language of the Gael—Rudha na huamha. I think that of all districts of the island—sparsely popu-lated and inaccessible as it is, even in its busiest parts—this is the very wildest. No crofters dwelling can be f
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