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it fairly quiet, and had mounted it, he called out 

 to his good wife Mary, to go and put on her red 

 domino, and stand in the doorway of the cow- 

 house, and when he was riding past, loup out and 

 cry boh ! This she did. The stag jumped side- 

 ways, nearly across the yard, John was thrown 

 nearly over head into a cow midden, and on 

 getting out, said, "Oh! Mary, Mary, that was- 

 ower big a boh ! It was big enough for our auld 

 meare." 



John was a big, powerful, rough diamond, but 

 withal a very funny man. I knew him well when. 

 I was at School at Sedbergh, and I have to thank 

 him for many pleasant hours he gave me by 

 permitting me to trout fish in the water running 

 through his farm. 



