The Charm of the Hills (Classic Reprint)

Gordon, Seton

ISBN 10: 0267129416 / ISBN 13: 9780267129416

Published by Forgotten Books, 2018

Seller Inventory # GOR014610571

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The photographs have been taken at every season of the year, but the majority between the months of May and July, when on the hills there are frequently no hours of darkness, but when the last rays of the setting sun are replaced, in the north, by the infant dawn.

I have spent much time on the hills in the compiling of this work, but there are certain days which live in the memory with singular vividness. For instance, a friend and I once passed a night at an eagle's eyrie far up a lonely glen, in the hope of being able to photograph the mother bird with the first rays of the sun.

Perhaps the most interesting days of my experience have been spent at the summer haunts of the snow bunting, often at a height of over feet above sea level, where a snow fall may be looked for during any month of the twelve. On one occasion I penetrated to the nesting haunt of the snow bunting at dead of night - guided by the uncertain light of the moon - and as I lay on the hill-side the song of the snow bird was home across the corrie on the still air at exactly an hour and five minutes after midnight. Very wild and beautiful were the notes of the mountain singer as he greeted the dawn at an hour when the glens were still wrapped in gloom, and I was fully appreciative of the privilege I enjoyed in listening to his song.

Another expedition which I recall was made to the high hills during the summer of 1909, with the intention of photo graphing the snow bunting - which I believe had never been achieved at that time. After a long walk through the night, we reached the nesting home of the bunting at sunrise, and were fortunate enough to obtain, before six o'clock, a series of photographs of a young bird.

While studying ptarmigan at their nesting haunts in mid winter, a friend and I were overtaken by a terrific blizzard, and, more by good fortune than anything else, were able to reach the shelter of the lower grounds.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Charm of the Hills (Classic Reprint)
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fine