Baptismal rites, 68. Barometer, use of, by farmers, 211. Barra, 45. Benbecula, 45. Berwick-on-Tweed, tombstone at, 326. Birkhill, Moffatdale, 300. Black Isle, 414. Black, Joseph, tomb of, 327; anecdotes of, 352; one of the scientific lights of Edinburgh, 371. Black, William, 31. Blackie, John Stuart, 175, 272. Boswell, James, 349. Boué, Ami, 383, 431. Boulders, explanations of origin of, 417. Breadalbane, second Marquis of, 185, 346. Breakfasts, former sociality of, 350; attractions of, in Scotland, 405. Brodick, ‘natural’ at, 332. Buckhaven, 364. Burke and Hare, murders by, 324. ‘Burning the water,’ 288. Burns, Robert, 116, 144, 368. Burt’s _Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland_, 17, 235, 314, 431. Bute, volunteer battery on, 64; social changes in, 360. Butler, S., cited, 125, 297, 351. Butter, superstitions in making of, 114. Byron, cited, 126, 157, 173, 349. Caithness, 275, 414. Callernish, standing stones of, 39, 248. Campbell, Lord Chancellor, 12. Campbell, Rev. J. Gregorson, cited, 108, 257. Canal travelling, 14. Canna Island, 45; a broken leg in, 162. Castles in West Highlands, 253. Catechising in church, 71. Celtic Church, 40, 60, 108. Chalmers, Dr., 179, 365, 379. Chambers, Robert, 173, 341, 346, 352, 380, 437. Chang, the Chinese giant, 322. Christison, Sir R., 177. Churchill, 161. Clans, dispersion of, 267. Cleanliness, former want of, in Scottish inns and towns, 302. Clergy, influence of, in Scotland, 47, 101, 438. Clubs, convivial, 350, 358. Clyde, social changes in district of, 360. Cockburn, Henry, 4, 350, 352, 369. Collier superstitions, 116, 336; servitude in Scotland, 341; humour, 345. ‘Corp,’ use of the word, in Scotland, 328. Crail, 324, 364. Crofter-life in Highlands, 219, 224, 330, 397, 399, 401. Cromarty, holy well near, 112. Cromwell, tradition connected with, in Lammermuir, 208. Cullen, Lord, 150. Culloden, effects of Battle of, 2. Curling, game of, 218. Cyclists and inns, 360. Dalquharran Castle, 193. Dancing, sinfulness of, 141. Darlings of Priestlaw, 206. Death, Scottish humour in relation to, 321. Dechen, H. von, 383. Deer, depredations of, in Highlands, 220. ‘Deserts’ of the Celtic saints, 41. Devil, superstitions connected with the, 114, 417. ‘Devilish,’ modern use of the word, 118. Dinner customs, 318. Disruption of the Church of Scotland, 96. Dogs, shepherds’, 296. Dolphinton, railways to, 21. Drink in Scotland, 303, 310. Drunkenness, Scottish, 312. Dryden, cited, 129. Dunbar, fisher folk of, 365. Dunvegan Castle, 253.