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been opened from Nairn to Inverness, and the 

 barrister and I were only too glad to take 

 advantage of it, instead of proceeding in the 

 steamer to where the other passengers were 

 bound, and then back to Inverness. 



Many a hearty shake of the hand, and many 

 a cordial good-bye were exchanged on both 

 sides, ere we descended to the boat. 



Then cheer after cheer came bounding 



Across the sun-lit sea, 

 While the kind, kind words, were sounding, 



"Health and long life to thee !" 



There is no one, whose patience is so often 

 proverbially put to the proof, as the angler's! 

 No sooner had the voyage, which I undertook 

 at first with fear and trembling, though it turned 

 out quite the contrary in the end, come to a 

 close, and I found myself quietly ensconced 

 under the roof of a very comfortable hotel at 

 Inverness, than the landlord made his appear- 

 ance with a long face, and a longer yarn about 

 the fishing. 



The principal drift of the latter was, that had 



