32 Memoir of Tom Smith, 



hops; and tliey arrived all safe and good, 

 althougli there were then no railways. Be- 

 side these, he killed a few black-cock, but 

 only one ptarmigan. 



Part of the time in Scotland was passed at 

 Duff House, the seat of the Earl of Fife; a 

 nobleman whose peculiarities were generally 

 amusing, but on one occasion proved anything 

 but pleasant. His lordship asked Mr. Smith 

 to go with him to see a wild boar, which he 

 kept in an outhouse. Arrived at the spot, two 

 ladders were placed against the wall, which 

 ni}^ lord and his visitor ascended; but the 

 instant Mr. Smith reached the top he found 

 the boar, with open jaws and enormous tusks, 

 grinning horribly close to his face, and mak- 

 ing frantic efforts to seize him. The ''joke" 

 was, that Lord Fife carried hid imdcr his coat 

 a whip with which he " touched up" the boar ; 

 and the wonder was that a fall backwards did 

 not occur. 



After leaving Duff House, Mr. and Mrs. 



