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less, it is almost universal in Scotland* " About 

 five miles from Edinburgh/' says Dr. Bevan, " at 

 the foot of the Pentland hills stands Logan House, 

 supposed the former residence of Sir W. Worthy, 

 celebrated by Allan Kamsay, in his 6 Gentle 

 Shepherd.' The house is now occupied by a 

 shepherd, who, during July and August, receives 

 about a hundred bee-hives from his neighbours 

 beyond the hills, that their bees may gather the 

 honey from the luxuriant blossoms of the moun- 

 tain heather." This is only one instance out of 

 numbers, for in this way our careful northern 

 neighbours manage to double their harvest of 

 honey, taking not unfrequently almost the whole 

 store from their hives before transporting them to 

 the moors, and reaping an ample quantity again 

 on their return in three weeks' time. 



A writer on this subject regrets that our own 

 moorlands are not made available to this end. 

 " The very air," he says, " is often redolent with 

 the rich perfume, while here and there a solitary 

 bee is seen or heard, labouring with wearied wing 

 among the inexhaustible stores of nature, and 



