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Amid the High Hills

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Amid the High Hills

AMERICA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 64 & 66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK

Amid the High Hills

AUSTRALASIA THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 205 FLINDERS LANE, MELBOURNE

CANADA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD. ST. MARTIN’S HOUSE, 70 BOND STREET, TORONTO

INDIA MACMILLAN & COMPANY, LTD. MACMILLAN BUILDING, BOMBAY 309 BOW BAZAAR STREET, CALCUTTA INDIAN BANK BUILDINGS, MADRAS

[Illustration: SEPTEMBER SNOW, LOCH CARRON, ROSS-SHIRE.

“But on and up, where Nature’s heart Beats strong amid the hills.”

A. & C. Black, Ltd. 4, 5, & 6 Soho Square, London, W.1 1923

Printed in Great Britain by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh.

TO ALL WHO LOVE THE HIGH HILLS, AND PARTICULARLY TO THOSE--MY DEAR KINSMEN AND FRIENDS (SOME OF WHOM HAVE PASSED TO THE GREAT BEYOND)--TO WHOM I AM INDEBTED FOR MANY HAPPY DAYS ON HILL, LOCH, AND RIVER.

For many years past from time to time I have contributed articles on sport and natural history to various journals.

It was recently suggested to me that I should publish these articles in book form, and I was fortunate enough to have friends who kindly offered to illustrate them. I have accordingly selected some of these articles, and have included others which have never been published before. Amongst the former are some which in the same or a slightly altered form have appeared in _The Field_, _Country Life_, _The Scottish Field_, _The Salmon and Trout Magazine_, and _The Saturday Westminster Gazette_. To the editors of these journals I tender my warmest thanks for their courtesy and kindness in allowing me to republish the articles in question. To my friends, Mr. Finlay Mackinnon, Mr. Vincent Balfour-Browne, and Mr. Frank Wallace, I am greatly indebted for the pictures in colour and black and white, and the pencil sketches which they have contributed.