. The land of heather . s cramped, but when the driver questioned themthey always said they were fixed fine, and everybodytried to make everybody else as comfortable as possible. Thus we jogged on up and down the hills until webegan to near our destination. Every now and thenin this part of our journey one or more of the pas-sengers would call to the driver, and he would pullin his horses and roll down from his seat to helpthem in alighting. This done, and the bundleshanded out, he said, Good nicht, and thank youkindly, and we were off once more. Often peopleon the watch would run out from way
. The land of heather . s cramped, but when the driver questioned themthey always said they were fixed fine, and everybodytried to make everybody else as comfortable as possible. Thus we jogged on up and down the hills until webegan to near our destination. Every now and thenin this part of our journey one or more of the pas-sengers would call to the driver, and he would pullin his horses and roll down from his seat to helpthem in alighting. This done, and the bundleshanded out, he said, Good nicht, and thank youkindly, and we were off once more. Often peopleon the watch would run out from wayside houses toget parcels brought by the driver or to meet friends,and sometimes a lone boy would be in waiting at theentrance to a lane that led away to a farmhouse. Inthe village itself there was quite a bustle of unloading,with half the inhabitants loitering in home doorways,or on the sidewalk, watching proceedings. During my stay in Drumtochty hardly a day passedin which I did not get out for a walk, and I gradually. Kathie scrubs the Front Walk A Rural Hamlet 17 explored all the region within tramping distance. Ibecame familiar with the windings of the Tochty, asthe river in the hollow was called, and knew where itwas swift and stony, and where it was quiet and followed up the side ravines through damp woodsand open fields. I climbed ragged, rocky gorges wherewere constant waterfalls sliding into dark pools — ideallurking-places for the wary trout. I acquired the namesof all the burns and of several lesser rivulets that thenatives called burnies. It did not take me long tolearn the village with its front row and back row, andits three or four narrow lanes, nor the main road for anumber of miles east and west; but the byways andfield paths, the farms and the outlying pasture lands,were not as easily conquered. I often went up in the evening to the edge of amoor, a half-mile back on the strath. There I wouldHnger till after sundown. This upland was perfectlytreeless
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