WHERE STROME CASTLE LOOKS OVER THE SEA TO SKYE.

By Finlay Mackinnon.

The cause of the rocks being covered by the sea—a very rare occurrence—was an unusually high spring tide coupled with a strong gale from the opposite direction, which made the waves much higher than they would otherwise have been in a loch which has the reputation of being one of the most dangerous lochs on the west coast for squalls.


OCTOBER

XIV
THE LAST STALK OF THE SEASON