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when compared with what befel our friend at Battleby, 

 for on October 25th, the Cambridgeshire day of 1893, 

 he wired to his commissioner from Redgorten, a small 

 village near Perth, " A pony each way Molly Morgan 

 and Farndale." Thus, when he came in from a good 

 day's shooting to find a wire saying that both animals 

 had won their races, he sat down to dinner under the 

 impression he had gained £578 105., for Molly started 

 at 100 to 6 against her, and Farndale at 2 to 1 

 against him. Imagine, then, his astonishment when 

 Monday came and he received but a cheque for 

 £22 105. Explanations ensued in due course, when it 

 was discovered that the post office imp, never having 

 heard of a " pony," thought it must be a clerical 

 error for a pound, and had accordingly inserted that 

 word in the wire entirely on his own responsibility ! 



Returning to Oban, I finished up with three days 

 on the Bonawe shootings, kindly placed at my disposal 

 by Major Pearson, who had gone south. Quitting 

 Oban on the 15 th of October, we reached Brighton on 

 the 16th, and on the 17th I had a nice day at 



