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2 half a century ago. The present teacher Mr Dick got the school two years after I left has held it ever since. He had been
reading the Century was greatly interested I dined with him at table one of the guests said Mr Dick dont you wish you had
the immortal glory of having whipped John Muir. I made many short rips into the country, along the shores, about the old castle
etc. Then I went back to Edinburgh, then to Dumfries Burns country for some years - where I found another cousin Susan Gilroy
with whom I had a good time. Then I 3 went through Glasgow to Sterling where I had a charming walk about the castle saw
the famous battlefield Bruce Wallace's monuments etc. - glacial action. This morning I left Sterling went to Callander thence
to illegible aid by coach boat by the Trossaks Loch Katrim - thence through Loch Larmond the Mts to a railroad on to this
charming Oban. I have just arrived This day on Loch? Katrine Lomond the drives through the passes over the mountains made
famous By Scott in the Lady of the Lake will 01703