CHAP. VIII. | Edward’s Rounds. 137 
His rounds, we have said, extended coastwise along the 
shore of the Moray Firth, for about seven miles in one di- 
rection and about six in another. His excursions also ex- 
tended inland for about five or six miles. He had thus 
three distinct circuits. Although he only took one of them 
ata ae he usually managed to visit each district twice a 
week, 
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Having sometimes wandered too far, as he frequently 
did, he divested himself of his hunting paraphernalia, rolled 
them up together, hid them in a hole or some convenient 
place, and then ran home as fast as he could, in order to be 
at his work at the proper time. He once ran three miles 
in twenty minutes. He measured the time by his watch— 
for he had a watch then, though, like himself, it is worn out 
now. 
Occasionally, when kept late at work, he was prevented 
from enjoying his evening ramble. After going to bed, 
