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 254 Just as she had been lighting the fire, he got up and fell down dead in a minute. The event was at once accepted as explaining what the lad had seen the night before."

I have to acknowledge material assistance, received and used, from Miss Elizabeth Kerr, Port Charlotte, Islay; the Rev. Niel Campbell, Kilchrenan, Argyll; Mr. Colin MacDonald, Lochbuy Public School, Mull; and Mr. Peter MacDonald, Ledaig, Argyll.