SCENERY IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. 729 loveliest pleasure grounds, the noblest parks of European kings and princes, on which millions have been expended, yet they are all poor in comparison with the beauties so profusely laid before us by nature in the Highlands of Scotland. No other portion of the world, indeed, offers to view such grand and charming scenery so wholly enchanting and fascinating. We can well understand how the vivid imagination of the Gael, as he lingered in pensive moments among such scenes, had peopled the hills and glens, the moonbeams, dancing in the silvery spray of the torrent, with a shadowy world; how the fairy, the spirits, and the kelpies had sprung, Minerva-like, from his brain, and become inseparably entwined with his creed. "Land of brown heath and shaggy wood; INDEX. Aberdeenshire breed of cattle, 291 Acreage of the United Kingdom, 13 Advantages of dishorning cattle contra- Advertisements, results of alluring, 709 Age of cattle, mode of ascertaining the, Age of different animals, 642 Age when heifers go to the bull, 59 Agricultural produce, analysis of, 85 Agricultural statistics, 14 Agricultural stock show at Inverness, Alderneys, account of the, 226 Alderneys, points for judging the, 229 America, game laws in, 674 American Indians, deer-killing by the, American Indians, ill-usage of the, 633 American sheep-shearing machine, 366 Ancient deer-parks of England, 564 Ancient practice of hunting the deer, Anglesea, sheep-farming in, 487 Animal manure considered best for grass Animals, age of different, 642 Animals that live on grass and roots A proper gradation of farms is the per- Area of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Argali sheep, supposed original stock, Argyleshire cow, origin of the, 281 Artificial feeding of lambs, 375 Artificial manures for grass-lands, 26 Asiatic origin of the bull and cow, 4 Attachment of sheep to their shepherd, Attachment of shepherds to their coun- Australian shepherds and their flocks, Ayrshire breed of cattle, 279 Ayrshire cow, milking qualities of the, Bakewell on cattle breeding, 48 Barbarous practice of dishorning cattle, Beauty of Scotch scenery, 724 Beef, prices of for the last thirty-one British cattle, superiority of the, 179 British wool highly esteemed, 361 Buck, mode of shooting in deer-parks, Buffalo cattle at Chillingham Park, 233 Buildings of the farm, proper arrange- Bull, description of the Galloway, 275 Butcher, best mutton-producing sheep Butter, artificial colouring of, 131 Butter made from the milk of sheep and Butter, making of in Holstein, 151 Butter, recipe for preserving, 132 Caithness breed of cattle, 317 Calves, rearing of, in the Highlands, Calves, weaning of, 65 Calving table for breeders, 63 Carnarvonshire, sheep-farming in, 488 Castration of deer, extraordinary results, Castration, law of nature opposed to, 419 Castration of lambs, 389 Cattle, Aberdeen breed of, 291 Cattle, accommodation for, by Samuel 233 Cattle, Cumberland breed of, 226 Cattle, Dorset breed of, 199 Cattle, fattening of, superiority of the Cattle, feeding of, mixture of food re- Cattle feeding, theory of, 80 Cattle, good ventilation necessary, 104 Cattle, Hereford breed of, 203 Cattle, Irish breed of, 242 Cattle, mode of ascertaining the age Cattle, Perthshire breeds of, 286 Cattle, pulping food recommended for, 83 Cattle, remarkable prices obtained for, Cattle, Ross-shire, pedigree of the, 304 733 Cattle, Stirlingshire breed of, 287 Cattle, symmetry in, 55 Cattle, the Kyloe, characteristics of, Cattle, the middle-horned breed of, 203 441 Cattle, water very necessary for, 113 Characteristics of blackfaced sheep, 496 Cheese, British Parmesan, 156 Cheese, Cheddar, an account of the Cheese, colouring of, 164 Cheese, Derby cheese factory, 128 Cheese, ewe-milk cheese once common Cheese factory in Derbyshire, 128 Cheese, mode of making ewe-milk Cheese, monster one from Canada, 160 Cheviots, characteristics of the, 501 Cheviots in Sutherlandshire, 507 Competitive examination of stock, 257 |