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They that anxiously wait for the fisherman's return do not take into account the numerous causes for his delay.

This saying or an equivalent will doubtless be found wherever there is a language. The Shetland version runs thus: “Lat be for lat be, as Robbie Glen said to the otter.” Now, who Robbie Glen was I am not able to say. I have heard that he