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Wnen I saw some smoked fish hanging in a cottage, I 

 could not help asking if they had been smoked with 

 scones. 



" Oh, yes ! " 



" But does it not spoil the fish '? ' 



" Well, peat or wood is better, but we soon get used to 

 it." 



AX ORXXEY FARMHOUSE. 



I could not help thinking that this eel-like facility in 

 getting " used" to things is very fortunate, and that it is 

 the same kind of happy knack which discovers the flavour 

 of venison in seaweedy mutton. The same fuel is used 

 in Sanday, and was until lately in Papa Westray. 



There is no inn on North Ronaldshay, and as the 



