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THRILLING ADVENTURES. 



GROUSE BLACK COCK FEMALE. 



enough to see the whole, for the place was not above ten feet 

 square. We made our approaches with becoming caution, 

 and were, it is needless to say, hospitably received ; for who 

 ever heard of Highland smugglers refusing a welcome to 

 sportsmen ? We got food, rest, and fire all that we re- 

 quired and something more; for 'long after I had betaken 

 me to the dry heather in the corner, I had disturbed visions 

 of strange orgies in the bothy, and of sober Donald exhibiting 

 curious antics on the top of a tub. These might have been 

 the productions of a disturbed brain ; but there is no doubt 



