The Rev. Mr. Smith—The Bridled Guillemot—Grammar—Scraps from the newspapers—The Death’s-head Moth—Butterflies and locusts—Locusta migratoria—Saw-flies—The Spider—Notes in Natural History—Rare birds—The Bee-eater—The Bohemian Waxwing—The Brown Snipe-Edward’s pursuit—The Snipe escapes—Adventure on Gamrie Head—The Fox’s lair—The precipice—The Peregrine Falcon-Feeds upon its prey—Flight of the Falcon—Slides down the rocks—Discovers a Spinous Shark—Returns home

Mr. Smith’s articles published in the Zoologist—Edward’s power of observation described—The beautiful Heron—Cries of the Birds at Ness Bogie—The motherly Wild Duck—Burial of the Wild Duck—The Pickietars—The Pickietar fishing—The Pickietar shot—Rescued by his friends—Edward’s closeness of observation—The Turnstone—Its description—Its labours—The Turnstones turn over a Cod—The little Auk—Sea-fowl nurseries—Pennan—Sleeps in Hell’s Lum—The sea-birds at night

Death of the Rev. Mr. Smith—Mr. Smith’s helpfulness—Observation of the Partridge—The Rev. Alexander Boyd—Loch of Strathbeg—The Waterfowl at Strathbeg—Swans—Geese—Ducks—Winter and summer birds—The Ring Dotterel—A pursuit—Mr. Boyd’s article—Encouragement of native talent and genius—Death of Mr. Boyd—Publication of ‘Birds of Strathbeg’ in Naturalist—Mr. C. W. Peach—Writes articles for the Zoologist—Finches—Crows and Crab-shells—The Heron and the Crows—A fight in the air—Crows, Hares, and Rabbits—Cold and Whisky—Edward’s health fails—Again draws on his Savings Bank

Marine objects on the shores of Banffshire—Edward’s sea-traps—Captures a rare fish, Bloch’s Gurnard—The incoming wave—Big fish the best dredgers—Helped by the fishermen—Helped by his daughters—The Cod’s bill of fare—Haddocks—Advice to the fishermen—The fishers of Macduff—The Blue-striped Wrasse—The Saury Pike—Yarrell’s Blenny—Black Goby—Equoreal Needle-fish—Edward’s self-education—How he got his fishes named—“Give him books!”—Edward’s enthusiasm

Mr. Bate of Plymouth—His work on Crustacea—Praniza Edwardii—The Anceus—Edward’s letter to Mr. Bate—Entomostraca—Parasites from short Sun-fish—Present of a Microscope—A possible Sub-curatorship—Edward disappointed—Freemasonry among naturalists—Rev. A. M. Norman—Fish parasites—Mysis spinifera—New species discovered—Vibilia borealis—Observation of Eurydice pulchra—Edward’s difficulties—Nest building crustacea—New Shrimps and Parasites—The Zoologists in ecstasies—The “Sessile-eyed Crustacea” published—Mr. Bate’s eulogiums on Edward’s discoveries—New Crustacea found by Edward in the Moray Firth

Edward brings home Zoophytes to observe—The Star-fish—The Brittle Stars—A six legged Starfish—Rosy-feather Star—The great Sea-cucumber—Dead Man’s Paps—The Ascidians—Want of observers—New Ascidian sent to Mr. Alder—Drummond’s Echiodon—Mr. Couch of Polperro—The Wrasses—A jumping Wrasse—A new Midge—Couchia Thompsoni—Colonel Montague—Montague’s Midge—Midges in Moray Firth—Edward’s Midge (Couchia Edwardii)—Other new fishes—Difficulties with the Museum—Edward elected Associate of the Linnean Society—Other societies elect him member—The “prophet without honour in his own country”

Edward’s illness—Studies galvanism—Curator of Banff Museum—Practises Photography—Antiquities of Banff—The old Town Cross—The Drinking Fountain—The Kjökken Mödding at Boyndie—Early population, Lapps or Fins—Shelly-bush—Investigates the shell mounds at Boyndie—Loch of Spynie—Contents of the shell-mounds—The Stone period—The Old Bone—Conjectures about it—The old bone condemned—Sir Roderick Murchison—The bone, part of the Plesiosaurus dolichodeiras—Banff Museum