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inn at Scalasaig, if there were any golfers staying in 

 the island, took care that the greens were mown, and 

 that some mark was put down to indicate the tees. 

 This was really all that was necessary, and there was 

 nothing to prevent a player, if he was of an enterprising 

 turn of mind and liked to try experiments, shifting 

 the position of either greens or teeing grounds, and 

 regulating the length and direction of the holes for 

 himself. Imagination boggles at the notion of any 

 rash individual attempting such a proceeding at North 

 Berwick or St. Andrews. The impious daring of the 

 unfortunate Israelite who laid his hand upon the Ark 

 of the Covenant furnishes the only parallel, and some 

 such penalty as being solemnly stoned with old gutties 

 in front of the club house would alone meet the case, 

 and " make the punishment fit the crime." Perhaps 

 accident might anticipate the execution, as it would be 

 difficult to wander at will over a crowded course in 

 new directions without incurring grave risk of being 

 cut over at every turn. 



If you want a match at Colon say you must 

 take your partner with you or arrange to meet him. 

 I should recommend anyone intending to pay a visit 

 to the hotel for golf to take as companion golf-o- 

 maniac of his own calibre, selecting if possible one who 

 is also a lover of nature and ornithology, content with 

 simple fare and homely surroundings. It may be 

 that caddies will be unattainable. Considering the 

 number of children that flock round the door of every 

 black house or bothy, it is strange how difficult it is to 

 persuade some loose-limbed, barefooted lad to earn a 

 shilling by carrying your clubs. I believe that some 

 indifferent etymologist and translator is responsible 



