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bought three penny rolls, as he passed through a town; one of theſe he ate himself, another he gave to Oſcar: and the third he carried below his arm, in case of fur- ther neceſſity. He drove all the day, and at night the cattle rested upon a height, which, by his descrip- tion, ſeems to have been that between Gala Water and Middleton. Duncan went off at a fide in com- pany with Oscar, to eat his roll, and taking shelter behind an old earthen wall, they shared their dry meal most lovingly between them Ere it was quite finished, Duncan being fatigued, dropped into a pro- found slumber, out of which he did not awake until the next morning was far advanced. Englishmen, cable, and Oscar all were gone. Duncan found him- ſelf alone on a wild height, in what country or kingdom he knew pot. He sat for sore time in a callous stup- or, ribbing his eyes and scratching his head, but quite irresolute what was further necessary for him to do, until he was agreeably surprised by the arrival of Oscar, who (though b. had gone at his master's call in the morning) had found means to escape and ſeck she retreat of this young friend and benefactor Dun- can, without reſting on the conſequence, rejoiced in the event, and thought of nothing else than further ing his escape from the ruthleſs tyrant who non claimed him For this purpoſe he thought it would be best to leave the road, and accordingly be croſsed it, in order to go over a waste moor to the westward. He had not got forty paces from road, until he beheld the enraged Englishman running towards him without his coat, and having his staff leaved over shoulder. Duncan's heart fainted within him, know. ing it was all over with Oſcar, and most likely with himself. The peaſant seemed not to have observed them, as he was running and rather looking the other way: and as Duncan quickly lost light of him ina hollow place that lay between them, he crept into a bush of heath and took Oſcar in his boſom the