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rule, and not the exception. The weather in England is prover- 

 bially changeable. It is not so in the Highlands ; but there un- 

 happily the changes are generally from rain to snow, and from snow 

 to hard frost, or in other words, it rains all summer and snows 

 or freezes all winter. This we have heard ; ' ( but Fame, I ween, 

 says many things in sport." Sed crede experto : we were there 

 in summer, and can recommend top-coats, leggings, if waterproof 

 the better, flannel waistcoats, worsted stockings, thick shoes, and 

 more than two pairs, and the use of a good fire where it is pro- 

 curable, where it is not, a good allowance of blankets will do 

 quite as well. 



" Fare ye well, ye spreading Mosses, 



Waving with the Cana's plume ; t 



Fare ye well, ye verdant meadows, 

 Speckled with the Daisy's bloom. 



" Farewell, ye broomy elfin knowes, 



Where Thyme and Harebells grow ; 

 Farewell, ye hoary haunted howes, 



O'erhung with Birk and Sloe." Pringle. 



Ham ; or he may go to Inverary, which will do as well. This is the usual friendly 

 salutation when it is raining what the Scots denominate an " even down-pour ;" 

 what the Americans call "stoning rain;" what the Cornish very expressively term 

 "lashing;" and what is vulgarly denominated "cats and dogs" On the other 

 hand, a good day is like angels' visits. 



