Down North and Up Along 
Gaelic, and we had a feeling that it was as well 
we could not understand all that was being 
said. They were a rude set, harmless enough, 
no doubt, and when at home would probably 
have been found in the scattered houses that 
stand so far from the road. 
Here, at Sandy McDonald's, we saw the 
whole method of deahng with the cod from 
beginning to end, all but the catching of it, 
and we felt quite willing to let that rest with 
the imagination. 
While we made our preparations to depart, 
all of the fishermen in their tarpaulins stood in 
line and looked on. They were very quiet, 
only uttering an occasional comment in Gaelic. 
They made no effort to help or to hinder, 
but stood there. 
Probably it was many a long day since they 
had been blessed with so diverting a spectacle. 
And as for ourselves, we cannot remember a 
time when things proved so contrary, when 
so many apples escaped and rolled around for 
the admiration of the spectator, and when pro- 
visions, personal effects, and cooking utensils 
showed such perverse refusal to go where they 
belonged. To see us harness our horse, ren- 
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