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blue jays, and golden toppings had already 

 given place to pointers and setters, and, long 

 before the sun was over the hill, he had 

 departed for the grouse-abounding heaths of 

 Barnes More. 



The Captain's own multitudinous luggage, 

 including a perfect fagot of fishing-rods, was 

 already secured to one of those inventions of 

 the devil, an outside car, about which his 

 own personal staff was still occupied. His 

 course lay southward to Ballina and West- 

 port by the Sligo mail, and he was waiting 

 only for the departure of the homeward- 

 bound. 



At last all was ready. Hands were shaken, 

 blessings interchanged. The Captain led 

 the way in his overloaded convenience, and 

 the carriage followed in his track. 



"Then rose from earth to sky the wild 

 farewell." Such a yell, such a combination 

 of huzzaing and pillalooing as never English 

 ears had heard, which the Squire increased 

 tenfold by scattering handfuls of silver from 

 each window. Then jerking up the glasses, 

 he threw himself on the seat fairly overcome. 



" Poor people!" he said, " poor people! 

 " how they have been misrepresented ! How 



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