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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914. Excerpt: ... INDEX Aak, 116, 126 Aalsund, 144 Add river, 47, 228, 243 Adeane, Captain, 60 Aladdin's cavern, 106-7 Alfheim, 142, 180 et teq., 193 et seq, 216--the house at, 186--the pine-forest remains, 191,205-6--Vangen, 195-8 Anemones, 105, 106 Angular crab, 50 Ardskenish, 65, 69, 76, 78, 93 Argyll, Duke of, 238 Ashburton, Lady, 14 Atpltnium marinum, 35 Autelets, les (Sark), 102, 107 Badminton Magazine, 22 Barsloisnach pheasants, 232 Bears, 119, 141, 170-2,197--the bear-trap, 171 Bell, Britith Stalk-eyed Crtutacea, cited, 50 Ben, black spaniel, 51, 77, 81, 91,248, 252, 267 Benney, Professor, 108 Birch-trees for sleigh runners, 188 Bird boxes, 128 Bird life: at Alfheim, 203--in Colonsay, 38, 43 et teq. Bird memories, 45 Black-backed gull, 51, 244 Black Beak (precipice). See Svart Snuta Blackcock, 38, 94, 228-9, 239 Blackdown pond, 114 Black game, 61, 62, 76, 238 Blinded farmer, the, 194 Boat-fishing v. shore-fishing, 209 Bonham Carter, Alfred, 237, 244 Bonsor, Cosmo, 232 Book of Sark, 103, 108 Braemore, 12 et teq.--visitors' book at, 21-2 Bruce, Abyssinian traveller, 136 BUgten farm, 218 Bulwer Lytton's PeUum quoted, 258 Buzzard, Common, 59 Caddie, the, 88 Cailleach, the, 26 Cairns, Lord, 8-12 Campbell, keeper, 76, 81-3 Canterbury bells, 184 Capercailzie, 238 Carnivora, absence of, from Colonsay, 63 Chepmell, Dr., cited, 104 Chough, the, 25, 56 et teq., 94 Clinton, Lord Albert, 119 Cole, Miss, 215 et seq. passim Colonsay, 24 et teq., 65--amusement in, 31--bird life, 38, 43 et teq.--climate, 32--coast of, 43--comparison with Sark, 100--fauna, 32, 63--fishing, 29, 31, 65--game birds in, 29 et teq., 61--golf at, 85 et teq.--harbour, 28, 32--lakes on, 31-2--language, 38--old beliefs prevalent in, 40-2--primeval remains in, 28-29--St. Columba's well, 38--sanctuary for faun...
