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tried to get those two men, F. M. and R. M., 

 to join and take some country in those far 

 Hebrides, but I was perpetually laughed at for 

 talking about what did not exist, and answered 

 with the slang of the day about imaginary 

 things, "which it is Harris." Throwing the 

 paper over to F., I exclaimed, " Now will you 

 beheve ? — Look there ! " And lo ! there were 

 three shootings in the Lews advertised (which, 

 with Harris, forms that island dignified with the 

 name of the Long Island), with a reference for 

 further information to a gentleman in Edin- 

 burgh. The spaces seemed large, the rents 

 small. Accordingly, instanter the phaeton was 

 ordered to the door ; to the nearest station we 

 drove, and were in Edinburgh in time to find 

 our gentleman at home. He was perfectly fair. 

 " You had better go and judge for yourselves. 

 If you expect to get Highland grouse-shootings, 

 you won't. If you can walk, you may kill some 

 few brace daily. You will get plenty of stalk- 

 ing, but the deer do not run large, and their 

 heads are small, and might be stolen out of 

 the mainland heads and not missed. You are 

 not to expect fine Highland streams and large 

 salmon. You will only find small streams, but 

 plenty of fish in them, though not large. But, 

 as I said, go and judge for yourselves. The 



