54 STUDIES OF NATURE 



This is just what we see at Corrie a goodly 

 company walking together in the bright morning 

 air along the shore, without haste, cheerful and 

 yet sedate; and then sitting together in the 

 little house of prayer with no distinctions of 

 age or rank. And what strikes one most is that 

 all are there; not the visitors only, but the 

 rough lads of the village and the hard-faced 

 boatmen; the Provost and the shoemaker; 

 the ' braw ' lassie and the old wife you recog- 

 nise them all with some surprise as they slowly 

 enter, clad in their blue pilot suits and home- 

 spun gowns. 



To-day, for the sake of change, we have been 

 to Loch Eanza. The younger folk were anxious 

 for an early start. ' Let us have the whole long 

 day,' they said ; and so it was proposed that 

 we should set out at six, and get the walk 

 over before breakfast. Finally, however, more 

 moderate counsel prevailed, and about nine 

 o'clock we marched through the village, picking 



