An old Gaelic MS.—“The Bewitched Bachelor Unbewitched”—Fairy Lore—Lacteal Libations on Fairy Knowes, 18

[CHAPTER IV.]

Transit of Mercury—Improperly called an “Eclipse” of—November Meteors—Mr. Huggins—Spectrum Analyses of Cometary Light—Translation of a St. Kilda Song, 23

[CHAPTER V.]

Bird Music—The Skylark’s Song—Imitation of, by a French Poet—Alasdair Macdonald—Scott, 29

[CHAPTER VI.]

Severe Drought—The Drive by Coach from Fort-William to Kingussie—Breakfast at Moy—Where did Scott find Dominie Sampson’s “Pro-di-gi-ous!”?—Professor Blackie’s Poem on Glencoe, 33

[CHAPTER VII.]

O the Barren, Barren Shore—Brilliant Auroral Display—Intense Cold—Birds—Glanders—Scribblings on the Back of One Pound Notes, 39

[CHAPTER VIII.]