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with a quick eye, a determined hand, and a full 

 command both of his horse and weapon. The 

 shouts of the fellows, as they galloped up and 

 down in the animating exercise their loud bursts 

 of laughter, when any of their number caught a 

 fall and still louder acclamations, when any of 

 the party made a capital stroke with his lance 

 gave so much animation to the whole scene, that 

 I caught the enthusiasm of the sport, and ven- 

 tured forward a considerable space on the sands." 



In the Arms of the city of Glasgow, and in 

 those of the see, a salmon, with a ring in its 

 mouth, is said to record a miracle of St. Kentigern, 

 the founder of the see, and the first Bishop of 

 Glasgow. 



" They report," says Spotswood, " that a lady 

 of good place, in the country, having lost her 

 ring in crossing the Clyde, and her husband 

 waxing jealous, as if she had bestowed the same 

 on one of her lovers, she did mean herself unto 

 Kentigern ; entreating his help for the safety of 



