The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-23 00:00:00

A ILIGHLA.ArD 11ERNIT BURNT OUT.

A case of accidental fire occurred in the district
(of Tulloch, Strathspey, en Friday, the 29th ult.
iThe Banffshire Journal says—" An old man, named
James Geddes, whose length of beard and other
!distinctive features suggest the idea:of antidiluvian
times, has been long known to exist among the
wilds of his native parish, Abernethy. James has
never been found to entertain great respect for the
enactments in force for the protection of the fish of
the sea, the beasts of the field, or the birds of the
air. In respect of these and other delinquencies,
which need not be here alluded to, the domicile of
Old Geddes,' on even the lands of the indulgent
clan Grant, was held on anything but a certain
tenure, and the result was that our hero repaired to
an isolated and unfrequented part of the forest,
where he formed a sort of subterranean habitation,
rendered as comfortable and weather-proof as
possible by heather and branches of fir. In this
lowly situation he has for years sheltered him-
self both day and night, and during his hours
of legitimate employment he wrought at wood-
craft, made sculls,' and dressed hand-staves. He
so much excelled in this latter branch of industry,
that it has long been held as an acquisition of some
consideration to possess one of Batachan Gheidsich,'
or Geddes' staves. He had in store, it is said, con-
siderable quantities of material and ready-made
articles, which,with an enormous collection of tools
aknndiveisn,satrxuems,esnatws,s,
iann d t Clue r i os sh iat
i Pe es
NoVfithgouuntsn umber,
dirk,
fell a prey to the flames. He was himself absent
at the time of the conflagration, and must have
left the fire within reach of some combustible ma-
terial to feed upon. The misfortune of James
Geddes, though of no seemingly great importance,
is an irreparable loss to the poor old hermit him-
self, as by it he has been rendered 'naked as from
the earth he came,' and for all his failings,l ee beingrrtainly
at the age of upwards of 70
years, he in
be a fit subject now for the consideration of the
charitable."

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