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HAL. We are nearly a mile above our 

 fishing station, and we must first see our 

 quarters and provide for our lodging, before 

 we begin our fishing : we must walk a little 

 way before we find the inn. 



POIET. Why this inn is a second edition 

 of Auchnasheen. 



HAL, The interior is better than the 

 exterior, thanks to the Laird of Brahan: 

 we shall find one tolerable room and bed; 

 and we must put up our cots and provide 

 our food. What is our store, Mr. Purveyor? 



PHYS. I know we have good bread, tea, 

 and sugar. Then there is the quarter of 

 roebuck we got at Gordon Castle; and Or- 

 nither has furnished us with a brace of wild 

 ducks, three leash of snipes, and a brace of 

 golden plovers, by his mountain expedition 

 of yesterday; and for fish we depend on 

 you. Yet our host says there are fresh 

 herrings to be had, and small cod-fish, and 

 salmon and trout in any quantity, and the 

 claret and the Ferintosh are safe. 



HAL. Why we shall fare sumptuously. 

 As it is not time yet for shooting grouse, we 



