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Each, party danced his best for the honour of 

 his country and of the boundary he had 

 pointed out and sworn to, and which, I do 

 verily beHeve, would have been given in favour 

 of Harris but for too much proving. An old 

 patriarch swore to some cinders placed years 

 ago by his ancestors as a landmark, but which 

 turned out to be the remains of a fire lighted 

 there by the sappers some four months back. 

 This was, as you can conceiye, damaging. 



Next day I sent such of the lawyers as could 

 fish to do so whenever they liked, and Burnaby 

 and I went to Loch Larcastal, a loch in the 

 Park, to get at which we had to row across 

 Loch Seaforth, and then walk about seven 

 miles, a stiff pull over the shoulder of Ben- 

 more ; but the loch is a good one, and the sea- 

 trout run large. It was a good hard day's 

 work. 



Next day Burnaby went. I was left alone 

 in my glory, and, like Robinson Crusoe, had 

 time to look over our possession and consider 

 its real capabilities. Our sport consisted of 

 deer- stalking, sea- trout fishing — ^for there were 

 but few salmon — and grouse shooting. Our 

 ground was not forest, though the Park (part 

 of our ground) would, if the sheep were taken 

 off, make a very beautiful forest. It is a large 



