Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-06

coitlsh Americana

We decided W. would g tor walking
4our i'm SKYE. Its distance WIS 10 be de-
tcrmined at the pleasure OF the ono VINO
ebould first call halt; the pace 81 walk
inc to be the pace of him who walked the
slower. This understanding IS as lndls-
nensable 10 the success Of O pedestrian
tour as Of a cavalry charge;
Tell YOU what We might DO" EooriJ
Burscough suggested, " get leave iroln the
Sheriff 10 fish the Skpbost. we can ppr-
row rods here and send them BACK from
SiigachGu tomorrow" O.,
The SkGuos,. the pride OF skye, recalls
fOrciblv, 10y the color and velocity ol lts
waters. the REGENTS Park canal. It mean-
ders slugrishly through low-lyng. LOO p,
land. Ii runs deep between It's banks. nI
only in storm OF wind and ran an -
waters sufficiently troubled lor the ar IL
cial hy to dclude the eye OF the hunsry
salmon. These conditions were excelently
fulfilled on the present occasion, but lew
fish were IN the rycr, ana we caught OuI
one--a ninc-rOund grllse.
The prilse we presented to the innkeep-
er's wife al Sigachan, which we reached
ohout ni0htfau. thoroughly soaked 10 the
s1,in. We went to bed while our clothes
were dried and our salmon cooked; then
cot M To- eat him, aud then to bed again TO
A quaint little place is that Sligachan.
beneath the overwhelming Cucnulns:. III
is your duty togo up one Of the Cuchullins
every day that you are at shgachan, Dut
we left our duty uudOne. We LOOK IL very
easy. We stroiled along the not TOO un-
even tenor Of or way, encounterins -
each cOrfe q fresh bcVY OF tourists. tacn
tourist Carried long croOk-handled stick
to show he was q Scotchman, put
5ronned his "h's.n which he had
| left behind in London. There was
great excitement among one party
/ Of tourists. one of its members was gazing
| through d telescope at stag which he saw
| on the mountain side. When his eye was
satisfied with seeing, be handed ms glass
to another Of his party, who gave pro-
! louped "Whew -ew-ew !" 10 indicate his ap.
nreciotion of tho noble animal and handed
! the T. lescope TO another. When they had
! ALI looked and wheW-cw-ew-ed, they po
/ litelv invited Robert Barscough and my
! sclf to look also. We looked and "whew
ew-ew-ed," then gave the telescope bach
to the tourists, thanked them, and went
Afterthis il seemed, as the novelists say
| as if an indcGnable something had como
1 between Us. We were not t. each Other
what we were. determined that would
| makea clean breast OF 1t.
Robert" 1 sad. did you see thai
STAG, r.,,. "s;, uonqn
"Wen, really was not certain whether
made it ont quite clearly or nor. Iher
was something. You know, that might per
/ haps have been a stag
YES: that was my feeling too" be said
ut might have been a stag, you know"
ION YES" | said. 1T might have been
stag. but do not think that l can honest
" say that / saw one.n
Well, | don't think I should like t
swear to it either he said.
" 1t is great PITY / said; Il shoul'
like 10 have seen one"
We afterwards heard that there were n
deer on that part oil the Cuchullins.
After this explanation We proceeded il
much harmony to call ut the house of
friend, with whom We spent the create
part of the day in sea-otter hunting. "
were in luck TO fall in for this fun. whic
cen only be followed at low tides. Thes
Skye sca-otters are not the sea-Otter frOL
which the finest fur Is taken, but are mer
rWer-otters come down 20 the seaside f.
change OF air. They live in GAINS by tn
seaside, from which they can DO ousted b
a plucky terrier; but in most states @
tides the bolt-hole il so near III
sea that they are out and undo
water before one can got a shot O
them. We visited one or two cairns i
vain. much 10 the disappointment of tn
three terriers, each OF which was an exac
FAC simie of the other two. We cruise
about from cairn 20 cairn III q little yacht
with the three little doggies in the ding
towing behind. Failing their otter-bai
they fell on each other, tooth and nail, fo
exercise, and continued the contest II
Gardless of rebuke until their master dre'
the dingy alongside, and. Selling the neal
est doggie by the tail, hauled him on boar
the yacht. with the others, who had fas
bold with their teeth depending from hiI
like string of sausages.
At the third cairn we were more success,
full. A fine worrying in the heart of ia
cairn OF stones was succeeded by rus
and q scramble. and oct bolted an old Of
ter, followed by one half grown. With
bang bangl our host had bagged thei
both, whilst songs of Thanksgiving weI
up from the mouths of all the fishes VIII
beheld it.