CHAPTEE VIII. 



THE SNIPE LOCHS. FISH-LORE. 



IT rained heavily nearly all night, and this morning 

 the sky was still dull and lowering ; but on consult- 

 ing Archie after breakfast, he said we might go to 

 the snipe lochs, as there was a tolerable foot-path 

 most of the way; so it was settled to go, if only 

 for the walk, and to see the place. 



Dick and the boy took the pony, guns, &c., and 

 left at once, it being arranged we should meet them 

 at a shealing over the hill. Archie remained to show 

 the way. 



When we left, the wind had changed, and by-and- 

 by the day looked better, for gleams of sunshine 

 touched the hills here and there, and before we got 

 far the sun shone out, the heavy clouds rolling away 

 to the east, their dark shadows flying across the 

 bright faces of the mountains ; while the light breeze 



