Birds, formerly rare in Gairloch, now plentiful, and _vice versâ_--Dr Mackenzie's remarks on this point--Eagles in Gairloch--Anecdote of Craig-Tollie eagle and roe deer--Confirmation from Martin's book--Also from story of Kirghiz eagles, &c.--Anecdote of Kenlochewe eagle and the cat--Subject of a well-known Gaelic riddle--Eagle at Talladale--Two-and-a-half brace of eagles killed in Gairloch before breakfast--Sea-gulls--How they were driven from Eilean Ruaridh--Sounds of various birds at Inveran--Insects--Midges and wasps--Her Majesty's remarks on them--Rhyme on midges--Preventive measures--Other insects--Animals in general--Vermin--Marten's fur--Wild cats--Wild cat in Loch Tollie island--Highland cattle--Goats--Ponies 227 CHAPTER IV.--LOWER FORMS OF LIFE. Diffusion of life--Luminosity of footprints on boggy ground--Reptiles--Fresh-water fish--Shells--Molluscs--The spout fish--How to take it--Sea anemones--Love of flowers--Localities recommended to botanists--Grasses--Mosses--Lichens--List of a few--Seaweeds--Fungi--Conclusion 233 CHAPTER V.--MAMMALS OF GAIRLOCH. List of Gairloch mammals, with notes--Notes on Arctic fox in Gairloch and elsewhere 236 CHAPTER VI.--BIRDS OF GAIRLOCH. List of Gairloch birds, with notes 241 CHAPTER VII.--FLOWERING PLANTS OF GAIRLOCH. List imperfect--A word to visitors--Destruction of plants by sheep--Bouquets of wildflowers--Seasons for them--Rarer plants--List of flowering plants 256 CHAPTER VIII.--SHELLS OF GAIRLOCH, BY REV. JOHN M'MURTRIE, M.A. Paper by Rev. John M'Murtrie, M.A., on "Springtide at Gairloch, a Study of small Shells"--Appendix, with list of shells 265 CHAPTER IX.--THE GEOLOGY OF LOCH MAREE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD, BY WILLIAM JOLLY, F.G.S., F.R.S.E. Long controversy--Attack by eminent geologists--Others enter the lists--Prospect of early peace--Conditions of the problem well exhibited round Loch Maree--Succession of rocks--Hebridean gneiss--Torridon red sandstone--Quartzite--Its annelid borings--Its fucoid remains--Limestone--The "Logan" rock--The eastern gneiss--The controversy--Other noteworthy geological phenomena--Faults--Glaciation--Denudation--Rock junctions--The valley of the hundred hills--Curious impressions on Torridon sandstone near Talladale--The Fionn and Dubh loch--The Trias at Loch Gruinard 271 CHAPTER X.--MINERALS OF GAIRLOCH, BY PROFESSOR W. IVISON MACADAM, F.C.S., F.I.C., M.M.S., &c., Edinburgh.