96 ANGLING & ART IN SCOTLAND 



Pier at Glenurquhart, found as he neared his 

 destination that his portmanteau had been mislaid. 

 The luggage for the various ports had been put 

 under tarpaulins, each in a separate pile, for it 

 was a wet afternoon, and the pile destined for 

 Glenurquhart, when examined, did not furnish the 

 missing article. This fact, when demonstrated, 

 produced a perfect ferment in the mind of the 

 owner, who charged about the deck accusing the 

 captain and sailors, jointly and severally, of having 

 made away with his luggage. One of the sailors 

 particularly, whom he vowed had brought the pre- 

 cious case on board, fell under his severest dis- 

 pleasure. But the company, from the captain 

 downwards, were in no wise to be ruffled. This 

 dignitary, in fact, remained perfectly unmoved by 

 the most forcible language and threats, merely 

 affirming that if the portmanteau had been properly 

 labelled for the Temple Pier, it would have been 

 found amongst the articles destined for that port, 

 and therefore there was no doubt that it had 

 never been brought aboard. 



Ultimately, when Glenurquhart was reached, 

 the excitable gentleman had to go ashore minus 

 his luggage, muttering half-articulated threats into 



