ON THE COAST OF AREAN 43 



slough of his shirt. But the next day each 

 mother's son of them tries to steal a march 

 upon the others. There has been rain in the 

 night, the sward is slippery, and as they run 

 helter-skelter down the bank one falls and the 

 rest roll over him. It is then seen that though 

 they have overcoats on their shoulders they are 

 shirtless naked as when they were born, but 

 striped with the wet soil. Peals of derisive 

 laughter are heard from the cottage as they pick 

 themselves up, and, leaving the coats on the 

 ground, rush down and hide themselves in the 

 creek. 



I have not heard what are the chemical 

 constituents of the salt water at Corrie. It is 

 said to be wonderfully efficacious in strengthen- 

 ing feeble limbs. Certainly it is more pungent 

 than any water I have had experience of. The 

 old Provost, who knows everything and has 

 everything under his charge, is delighted with 

 our persistency in bathing. 'It's the right 



