Nether Lochaber / The Natural History, Legends, and Folk-lore of the West Highlands

A collection of essays and sketches from the West Highlands combining natural history observations—seasonal flora and fauna, bird song, and animal behaviour—with accounts of local legends, superstitions, and folk customs. The author interweaves field notes and literary reflections, presents English renderings of Gaelic verses and blessings, and offers poetic appreciations of regional song and verse. Short chapters recall Hebridean rituals, wedding salutations, and vernacular anecdotes while elucidating the landscape’s plants, birds, and rural livelihoods. The tone balances descriptive natural science with antiquarian interest and cultural sympathy, aiming to preserve oral tradition alongside careful notes on the district’s natural features.