THE WILDFOWLER IN SCOTLAND. By John Guille Millais, F.Z.S., etc.

1901 1st edition. Large 4to (256 x 310mm). Ppxvi,167. Plates and illustrations by the author, b/w photographs, top edge gilt. Half vellum over grey-blue paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt.

This is John Guille Millais' recollections of a lifetime's wildfowling, ashore and afloat, with many illustrations by the author. Chapters include: A general description of Scotland as a resort of wildfowl; On day and evening shooting by the sea; On moonlight shooting - the fowler's dog, and wanderings by the sea; On marsh and lake shooting - with certain observations on the habits of wild-geese; A morning with the 8-bore; Field notes on the northern firths; A day with the punt-gun on the Moray Firth; On shooting under canvas, and some reminiscences of the Orkneys. Appendix - Notes on the northern firths and observations on the appearance of the British ducks.