With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . thing for our guid(>,from his point of view, because it made himheir to three shares of mountain dew packedaway carefully by our thoughtful landlady. When we had finished Ijreakfast, I said to theman, Now, T dont want to get you into anytrouble at all, so just sit where you arc whilstmy brother and 1 hunt for nests; and if you seeanybody coming, give us a warning A\liistle, andwell retreat. He assented, and we proceeded to UNEXFKCTET) SFGCESS. 319 hunt for the nest of a Richard
With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . thing for our guid(>,from his point of view, because it made himheir to three shares of mountain dew packedaway carefully by our thoughtful landlady. When we had finished Ijreakfast, I said to theman, Now, T dont want to get you into anytrouble at all, so just sit where you arc whilstmy brother and 1 hunt for nests; and if you seeanybody coming, give us a warning A\liistle, andwell retreat. He assented, and we proceeded to UNEXFKCTET) SFGCESS. 319 hunt for the nest of a Richardsons Skua. Presentlyhe arose from his seat upon the side of theturnpike, and came running towards us at a rarepace. I was curious to know what was thematter, and s])eedily discovered that the liquorhad warmed his heart to such an extent that hewas bubbling over with Dutch courage, andquite ready to defy a whole regiment of game-keepers. We were back in the hotel by six oclock. CROFTERS HUT, OUTER HEBRIDES. with pictures of the nest, eggs, or young of fouradditional species to our collection; and our guidesfortune was greater than that of the Yorkshiremanwho met a friend and gladdened him with theinformation, Ay, lad, l)ut I had a grand day were drunk by ten oclock i t mornin. In the afternoon, whilst out for a stroll on aninhabited part of the island, we came upon twoold men cutting peats. We got into conversationwith them, and I volunteered to take a hand withthe spade. The one who was using it good-naturedly complied witli my request, and it wasquite ludicrous to see the pair of tliem stand agapewith astonishment at the skill with wliich a mereEnglish tourist could handle the tool. 320 WITH XATURE AXD A GAMER A. We succeeded in inducinii them to allow us totake a plioto,i>rapli of them at work. During the winter-time the Atlantic Ocean castsashore on this island some very useful flotsam andjetsam, which is hig-hly appreciated b} these poorcrofter
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