Wolves

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Volume 2, Spring edition 1993 of Ark Files, a magazine from the RZSS. This edition contains stories on the birth of a pygmy hippo, the maned wolf, updates from the Highland Wildlife Park, dates for the diary, and the arrivals and departures of animals at the RZSS's zoos.

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A collection of lantern slides, possibly taken by Mary Elizabeth Gillespie, Thomas Gillespie's wife. The photographs are mainly of animals at Edinburgh Zoo. Further details of individual slides can be found at item level.

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Note about Caisteal Bheagram [Castle Beagram, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] which states that it had no door but a rope ladder on the side and lime walls around the island. A reference is made to byres in Teastamal but its meaning is unclear.

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Note probably collected from Christina Campbell née Macintyre, Lios Mòr/Lismore Earra, Ghàidheal/Argyllshire that Cill[e] an t-Suidhe [Achadh na Croise/Achnacroish, Lios Mòr/Lismore] was used to bury people from the mainland as wolves had been digging up graves and bodies. Carmichael notes that it is 'the burial place of Bail-an righ & Bearigdunn - Dun val-a-rì' [possibly Baile nan Gobhann/Balnagown].

Scope and Contents This notebook, of worn brown leather, contains geological notes and observations likely written from Lyell's reading papers and journals. Some notes on the law profession. The cover reads 'Inside. D. July 1927' in large script. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates using the platform Transkribus. When...

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Proverb which reads 'Biodh aithne mhath agad an cor do chaorach, Ge do chaill am madadh-alla fhiaclann, cha do chaill e a mhiann.'

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Vocabulary note which reads 'Biech = faol = wolf'

Scope and Contents Three copies of "Zoo Tales, second series, grade C", by Thomas Gillespie. Published by Oliver and Boyd Ltd. and illustrated by William Walls, R.S.A.The text in all copies is the same, however the colour of the cover and publication date is different. The publication with an illustration of a wolf howling at the moon was published 1934. The green and red version was published in 1946. The tan and red copy was published in 1948. Topics covered in these publications...