42 THE AULTEN LINKS. CHAP. n. 



he did not know. He was in bed and asleep when 

 his father returned at night. But he was never 

 asked to return to the Lancaster school. 



He had now plenty of time for excursions into 

 the country. He wandered up the Dee and along 

 the banks of the Don on both sides. He took 



AULTEN LINKS, ABERDEEN. 



long walks along shore, across the Aulten Links to 

 the Auld Brig, and even up to the mountains, which 

 at Aberdeen approach pretty near to the coast. 



During one of his excursions on the hills of Torrie, 

 near the commencement of the Grampians, while 

 looking for blaeberries and crawberries, Edward saw 

 something like the flash of an eel gliding through 

 amongst the heather. He rushed after it, and pounced 



