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. . , , . % 1-n district and lead to the “lifting ” of either the eggs or young, 
unscrupulous mdividua o ma 'e ^ ^ chances are that the robbery may be 
This eiry has been p unceiet lep c & account of the exploit from one who carried off the 
ao-ain accomplished. Some years ago I heard a lively accoum oi i i .11, 
egos from the nest. In order to effect his purpose he was forced to sw.m out to the island, as tte boat 
wSeh was usually kept on the loch had been removed from the water. It was scarcely daybreak when he 
started from the shore; but by the time he returned to the bank it was fairly light and snow was fa hng 
heavily As he emerged from the water in the garb of Adam before the fall (bar the blue bonne on his head 
whicheontained the spoil), he was surprised by a piercing shriek; and on looking up he saw the foresters 
wife rush towards her house and slam the door. It seems that the woman (whose husband was known to be 
absent) had been attracted by the screams of the birds, when she was startled by the strange apparition slowly 
appearing from the water. Ever after she entertained a firm belief in the existence of that feaiful eing e 
“ water-kelpie.” 
