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every few year or so I see the auld folks and gie them 

 a little comfort in their auld age. When young, many's 

 the trout I had tane, and when I would make my 

 fleeing visits to the old hearthstone, I would generally 

 get a day or two to try the salmon in Doon, for I was 

 aye fond o' fishing, so was my father, and his father 

 afore him, an' somehow I ne'er kent a fisher who was 

 na an honest man " (as he warmed with the subject 

 he resumed his native dialect), " and when I looked 

 at you, and heard you say you were going for a bit o' 

 fishing, my heart warmed to you, and tho' I ha' been 

 so fashed wi' passengers, and had maist made up my 

 mind nare to take anither, I jist thought I'd brak my 

 rule on your account." 



The afternoon passed pleasantly ; the captain had 

 been everywhere, and discoursed with great good sense 

 and knowledge upon different countries, and he was 

 destitute of the disagreeable egotism that so frequently 

 stamps our uneducated countrymen. Moreover, he 

 was,a loyal and true subject of his queen and country, 

 which made me the more appreciate him. Next morn- 

 ing we got to sea with a fair wind, and every prospect 

 of a short run ; the schooner was a remarkably fast 

 sailer, built after the model of one of our modern 

 yachts, low and close to the water ; with plenty of 

 beam, and long, tapering, rakish spars. Her decks 



