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for it. After he was awa' I slidderecl out and fun' his 

 purse ; there war seeven shillings and a groat in it ; so 

 I gaed to auld Mary Butler's, and bought yetmeal for 

 the bairns' parritch wi' it, and ye see the auld cuffer is 

 riddling the sand, thinking to find his purse. He'll no 

 be worth a rigmaree the nicht for fishing.' " 



" Aweel, Charlie, Janet says true ; but wha maun 

 we hae to lead harae the fish ? Tam Hardy or Rob 

 Colyard would mak' guid fun. Tam, he'll tell us that 

 lang story aboot the scramidge, and the muckle fish he 

 killed in Leader-water, that misured nine inches atween 

 the een ; and if we hae Rob, he'll get a stick and be 

 gaun through his braidsword exercise, and tell us how 

 he did wi' the twa Frenchmen on the field of Waterloo ; 

 so Rob may meet us wi' his cart to tak' hame the fish, 

 when we come to Brig-end pool. We maun now tak' 

 up the twa boats to the Carrywheel, where they will 

 bide our coming at night ; — and look here, man : when 

 we are in a sweet wi' pu'ing them up, we will tak' a 

 wee drap out o' this black bottle." 



The boat in general use for burning at night is 

 larger than the rod fishing boats, as more room and 

 steadiness is required. In the centre of it, close to the 

 side on which the leisterers strike the fish, is a pole 

 fixed vertically, with a frame at top of it formed of 

 ribs of iron to contain the combustibles. Three men 

 are sufficient to man the boat ; one at the head, another 

 at the stern, as boatmen and leisterers, and the third 

 at the centre to kill the fish and trim the fire. But it 

 will contain more men, if necessary. 



The remainder of the day having been spent in 



