266 FIELD AND FERN. 



was bred by Mr. Parker of Broomlands who has 

 a very celebrated winning stock, and most of the 

 cows are by Clarendon, a half-brother of Cardi- 

 gan on the sire's side, who was first at Glasgow. 

 But it is difficult to regard a man from two distinct 

 points of view, and we like best to think of " Dalgig" 

 as we are wont to see him on that glorious da}^ 



" When north of Tweed and south of Tweed 

 Jom hands at Waterloo," 



with a quaint good-humoured repartee ever ready 

 for those friends who will crack a joke over him, and 

 leaning on his gnarled and polished black oak staff 

 the while, as he scans the style of his cherished 

 Canaradzoes. 



