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rose up before us, but during the journey we saw 

 very few birds of any kind. After a fatiguing 

 journey we safely arrived at Osnafirth without any 

 accident or misfortune having happened to us, ex- 

 cepting a laughable somerset which my little boy 

 and the horse he rode made in descending one of 

 the steep hills. I here parted with my guide, 

 horses, and female attendants. 



Osnafirth is surrounded with tremendously high 

 hills, and is a small place with only a few straggling 

 houses; there is no house appropriated for the 

 reception of travellers, and any one visiting the 

 place must be indebted to the kindness and libe- 

 rality of Dr. Addy, who has a neat comfortable 

 house near the town, and whose door is always open 

 to strangers visiting the country. Many others 

 along with myself can bear testimony to his ho- 

 spitality. It was in his house we got some refresh- 

 ment, and during the time we were so agreeably 

 occupied, Dr. Addy sent his servant to hire a 

 boat for our conveyance, as I had determined to 

 proceed to Aceter in Northmaven, a distance of 

 sixteen miles further, whither I could proceed by 

 water, Osnafirth being situated on the west side 

 of the main-land at the head of a long inlet open- 

 ing into the Western Ocean. During the season 

 they occasionally catch a great number of herrings 



