. The land of the hills and the glens; wild life in Iona and the Inner Hebrides . QOOas 33 .JOS U. wZ asaE O z EU< o OS au< OS u CHAPTER XXXIV AUTUMN IN THK WESTERN HIGHLANDSI.—SEPTEMBER Throughout the whole of September an unsettled typeof weather conditions prevailed. The month was usheredin with a gale from the west and a heavy sea, and strongwinds from every quarter continued almost uninterruptedlytill the closing days of the month. The harvest was late onthe West Coast, though the crop as a rule was excellent,and it was not until the end of the month that the bulk of itwas secured.
. The land of the hills and the glens; wild life in Iona and the Inner Hebrides . QOOas 33 .JOS U. wZ asaE O z EU< o OS au< OS u CHAPTER XXXIV AUTUMN IN THK WESTERN HIGHLANDSI.—SEPTEMBER Throughout the whole of September an unsettled typeof weather conditions prevailed. The month was usheredin with a gale from the west and a heavy sea, and strongwinds from every quarter continued almost uninterruptedlytill the closing days of the month. The harvest was late onthe West Coast, though the crop as a rule was excellent,and it was not until the end of the month that the bulk of itwas secured. During September solan geese were more plentifularound the sea lochs than at any time during the summer,and on the i8th, during an exceptionally heavy gale fromthe north-west, I noticed them fishing in a little land-lockedbay, into which they do not venture under ordinary con-ditions. In the first fortnight of the month many sea birds weremigrating. I saw flocks of kittiwakes far out to sea, wheel-ing and fluttering above the waves, and strikingly white didthey look as the sunlight glanced o
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