CHAPTER II.--CLIMATE AND WEATHER.

Healthy climate of north-west Highlands--Changeable weather--Sir G. S. Mackenzie on the climate--Dr Mackenzie on the old-fashioned summers--Former abundance of nuts--Strawberries on 4th June, also cherries--Short summer nights--Aurora borealis--Rarity of intense frosts--Spring mist presages snow--A hard winter--Sunsets from the Gairloch Hotel--Cloudscapes--Colouring of landscapes 222