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might hold their own with those of Dublin Bay. Con- 

 sidering that the laird has an excellent cellar, and that 

 the family has always prided itself on its claret in 

 especial, since his grandsire and forebears were in the 

 habit of smuggling it, it must be owned that a man 

 might find worse quarters, although Lochlyle may be 

 scarcely a paradise, so far as its climate is concerned. 



