CHAPTEE XX. 



SUNDAY. WE GANG TO THE KIRK. 



FEELING a trifle stiff, and rather languid, after the 

 week's hard exercise, some slight disinclination was 

 shown to-day about going so far to church : the 

 natural instinct being to stroll about in the sunshine, 

 or to retire with a book to some shady corner ; but 

 indolence was conquered, and all of us duly present 

 at the kirk as the bell began to ring in. 



The country folks were arriving from various 

 quarters, some coming by the high-road, others by 

 cross-roads ; many came over the hill, or were ferried 

 across the water, and not a few had come from a 

 distance, but all the people had the look of health 

 and content. And so they may, for have they not 

 nearly everything they understand and are accus- 

 tomed to home shelter, plain but wholesome food, 

 health, and the purest air ; and, in their humble 



