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him that on his arrival at Kirkcaldy he would 

 take care to have him up before the provost. 



*^ You maun gang to ,'* was the response; 



" I'm the provost mysal." 



On the west side, and about Dalbeg towards 

 Sharbost and Arnhill, there were a good many 

 wild geese, but it was a very diflBcult matter to 

 get at them, except in very hard, stormy, foggy 

 weather, and I am not certain if the game, 

 even if won, was worth the candle. But ex- 

 ploring Trialaval, which was a very pretty loch, 

 was to me a very great amusement. On some 

 of the islands then there used to be snipes, 

 and I once was in at the death of a hind that 

 we spied and circumvented most artistically. 

 I placed R. M. on the mainland, for which the 

 deer, when moved, was sure to make, and then 

 landed myself on the island and gave the deer 

 my wind, who made for the ambushment, where 

 my friend secured her. The swooping and 

 screaming of the gulls, too, till I destroyed 

 them, was a strange, wild sight to see, and 

 there were always plenty of trout (brown), and 

 in some places sea-trout ; occasionally, too, a 

 salmon at the exit of Laxay from the loch. I 

 never went anywhere then without a rod — I 

 should as soon have thought of leaving my 

 flask behind — and I useii to bring home a 



