18 LEAVES FEOM A GAME BOOK. 



lochi by the Colonel with a single-handed trout rod and 

 small sea trout fly. During dinner it was settled that 

 on the morrow two parties of two each should stalk 

 and that Ramsay* should fish, for, as he was not in 

 the best of health, he wished to keep clear of the hard 

 exercise involved in climbing the steep and stony hills 

 of Knoydart. 



No sooner, however, were these plans made than 

 they were doomed to be upset, by the butler notifying 

 to his master that the head forester was in the pantry 

 and wished him to know that he had just " got word " 

 that the Morar poachers had arranged to come next 

 night to net a distant river on the Knoydart property, 

 falling into the head of Loch Nevis. 



Our host promptly decided we would be in front 

 of them, and orders were given to have boat, nets 

 and spears ready for an early start on the morrow. 



* This makes a party of five, and it is correct, for there was one 

 more guest, a right good fellow, but whose name I cannot recall to 

 mind, having by some means left it out of my game book. Therefore, 

 as it is awkward talking about a nameless guest, I have taken the 

 liberty of christening this gentleman after Mr. Scrope's well-known 

 companion, and for the future he will appear as *' Lightfoot." 



