sdi CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XII 



EEMINISCENCES 



PAGES 



My grandfather — His dress and habits — Highland hospitality 

 — Shooting with flint-locks — Dinner at Tigh Dige — 

 Training of landlords — Loyalty of the people — -Stories of 

 hard times ----- 169-183 



CHAPTER XIII 



AGRICULTURE 



The runrig system — Caschrom and croman — The modern crofter 

 — Modes of cultivation — Sea-ware for the land — Cultiva- 

 ting enclosures — Cattle, sheep, and goats — A hard- 

 working people - - - - . 184-191 



CHAPTER XIV 



CHURCH AND STATE 



The disruption — Old-time Communion — People gather from 

 all quarters — " The Bed of the White Cow " — Congre- 

 gation of three thousand — Preachers' warnings — Sabbath 

 observance — The Parish Manse — Minister and his glebe — 

 Minister's wig in the cream — Funerals — Copious supplies of 

 whisky — Coffin left behind — A jovial outing — A great 

 funeral — Parliamentary elections — How votes were 

 secured 192-211 



CHAPTER XV 



SMUGGLING AND SHEEP-STEALING 



Drinking habits — The Rover's Bride — Justice of the Peace's 

 qualms of conscience — Attitude of the clergy — The 

 gangers and the people — Smuggling stories — Sheep- 

 stealing stories ----- 212-222 



