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the whey, which, together, formed the cream, 

 and thus become butter. 



This is the method here ; but she says that in 

 some parts of England it is managed differently ; 

 for the second milk is there put along with the 

 cream collected for churning ; and by this means, 

 instead of a poor sort of whey, which is given to 

 the pigs, there remains a great deal of nice but- 

 ter milk, that is very nourishing and agreeable, 

 and forms a great part of the food of the poor. 

 My aunt says she has even seen good cheese 

 made of buttermilk ; and the Scotch, after 

 tying it up in bags and suffering it to drain, 

 make a favourite dish, which they eat with sugar 

 and lemon. 



20th , Extracts from another letter of cousin 

 Hertford's it is dated August 22, though it 

 only arrived yesterday being delayed in the 

 islands by contrary winds. 



* * * * " There is a greater number and 

 variety of ancient remains to be found in Islay, 

 than in any of the neighbouring islands. 1 saw 

 several monumental stones, which are as usual 

 attributed to the Danes ; but you know these 

 rude monuments were common to all the de- 

 scendants of the great Celtic nation. There are 

 also some of those little round hills of earth 

 called barrows, some of which have been exca- 

 vated and found to contain urns and ashes ; the 



