NETHER LOCHABER: THE NATURAL HISTORY, LEGENDS, AND FOLK-LORE OF THE WEST HIGHLANDS. BY THE REV. ALEXANDER STEWART, F.S.A. SCOT.; MINISTER OF THE PARISH OF BALLACHULISH AND ARDGOUR. EDINBURGH: WILLIAM PATERSON. MDCCCLXXXIII. ΤΟ DONALD CAMPBELL, Esq., M.D., OF CRAIGRANNOCH, BALLACHULISH, IN PLEASANT RECOLLECTION OF HAPPY HOURS AT ONICH AND CRAIGRANNOCH, AND OF MANY A DELIGHTFUL MIDSUMMER RAMBLE, THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED WITH MUCH AFFECTIONATE REGARD BY HIS FRIEND THE AUTHOR. 382861 PREFATORY NOTE. THE contents of this volume made their first appearance in the shape of a series of papers from "Nether Lochaber" in the Inverness Courier, a well-known Northern Journal, long and ably conducted by the late Dr. ROBERT CARRUTHERS. They are now presented to the public in book form, in the hope that they may meet with a friendly welcome from a still larger constituency than gave them kindly greeting in their original shape, as from fortnight to fortnight they appeared. At one time it was the Author's intention to rewrite and rearrange all, or almost all, these papers, adding, altering, or expunging as might be considered best. On second thoughts, however-second thoughts, besides, approved of by many literary and scientific friends, in whose judgment and good taste the Author has the utmost confidence-it was resolved to let them retain very much the form in which they first attracted attention, in the belief that any good that could result from a rewriting and reconstructing of them would be dearly purchased if it |