SKETCH-BOOK OF THE NORTH _OTHER WORKS BY GEORGE EYRE-TODD._ Byways of the Scottish Border. Anne of Argyle. Vignettes of the North. Four Months of Bohemia. Scotland Picturesque and Traditional. _Also, Edited by the same_, The Abbotsford Series of Scottish Poets. 7 Vols. Ancient Scots Ballads, with their Traditional Airs. [Illustration] SKETCH-BOOK OF THE NORTH BY GEORGE EYRE-TODD ILLUSTRATED BY A. S. BOYD, A. MONRO, S. REID AND HARRINGTON MANN _Fifth Thousand_ EDINBURGH AND LONDON OLIPHANT, ANDERSON & FERRIER 1903 CONTENTS PAGE A ROMAN ROAD 1 THE BLACK DOUGLAS 8 IN THE SHADOW OF ST GILES’ 16 A WEAVING VILLAGE 23 WHERE THE CLANS FELL 30 TAM O’ SHANTER’S RIDE 37 AN OLD TULIP GARDEN 45 BY THE BLASTED HEATH 52 AMONG THE GALLOWAY BECKS 59 IN KILT AND PLAID 66 AT THE FOOT OF BEN LEDI 74 CADZOW FOREST 81 A FISHER TOWN 88 A LOCH-SIDE SUNDAY 95 THE GLEN OF GLOOM 103 ACROSS BUTE 110 WITH A CAST OF FLIES 118 FROM A FIELD-GATE 125 SCHOOL-DAYS 133 A LOCH-SIDE STRATH 140 A HIGHLAND REEL 147 AN ARRAN RIDE 154 BY A WESTERN FIRTH 161 AN ISLAND PICNIC 168 TENNIS IN THE NORTH 176 THROUGH THE PASS 183 A HIGHLAND MORNING 190 TILL DEATH US PART 198 A FOREST WEDDING 205 LOCH LOMOND ICE-BOUND 212 HALLOWMAS EVE 220 HOGMANAY 228 ILLUSTRATIONS SIGNAL OF DEATH (_see p. 10_) _A. Monro_ _Frontispiece_