io6 HOUND AND HORN 



We lunched lavishly ; and two more hill farmers 

 having stepped in, we listened attentively to the 

 characteristics of hoggs and gimmers and t'winters 

 and dinmonts till it was discovered to be too dark 

 to inspect the silo ; but Jim, the lad, was instructed 

 to put a cut in the dog-cart for us to carry home. 

 This we did as far as the first ravine, into which 

 Moncrieff tossed it with his ungloved hands, declaring 

 he would never be able to taste Gorgonzola cheese 

 for the rest of his life. 



