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Hal. — We are nearly a mile above our 

 fishing station, and we must first see our 

 quarters and provide for our lodging, before 

 we begin our fishing: we must walk a little 

 way before we find the inn. 



Poiet. — Why this inn is a second edition 

 of Auchnasheen. 



Hal. — The interior is better than the 

 exterior, thanks to the Laird of Brahan: 

 we shall find one tolerable room and bed; 

 and we must put up our cots and provide 

 our food. What is our store, Mr. Purveyor? 



Phys.— I know we have good bread, tea, 

 and sugar. Then there is the quarter of 

 roebuck we got at Gordon Castle ; and Or- 

 nither has furnished us with a brace of wild 

 ducks, three leash of snipes, and a brace of 

 golden plovers, by his mountain expedition 

 of yesterday; and for fish we depend on 

 you. Yet our host says there are fresh 

 herrings to be had, and small cod-fish, and 

 salmon and trout in any quantity, and the 

 claret and the Ferintosh are safe. 



Hal. — Why we shall fare sumptuously. 

 As it is not time yet for shooting grouse, we 



