Friend Mac Donald

st Donald on Saturdays or Mondays.-The Game he prefers.-A well-informed Man.-Ask no Questions and you will be told no Tale

with the chorus, "Chez les montagnards écossais l'hospitalité se donne," the Highlande

a nation, are most hospitable; but do not ta

in almost every place where modern civilisation has penetrated; the rea

hes, he has transformed his Highlands into a kind of littl

and knows how to tot you up a bill worthy of a Parisian boarding-house keeper at Exhibition time. Woe

he base of his language. Though Gaelic should be the veriest Hebrew to you, you have but to learn the meaning

Saturday, because he says to himself, "Oh! one transgression more or less whilst I am at it, what does it mat

you expect?" If you keep your hand held out, and appear to examine what he gives

der is glad to see the tourist,

ishmen, Americans, all are sure of

o visit his hunting-grounds, it is the Americ

it is all right. He will often dispute and haggle. The American is a gentleman; he would think it beneath him to descend to such trifles. When you brin

n is an innocent who pays his

as a compatriot, you may imag

rooms, so Donald gives the cold shoulder to all the Scotch who come his way. With them he is obliged to

t easy to amuse. I think, for my part, that his London equivalent runs him very

friend Donald one day showed a Cockney re

ll without the aid of a guide. Arrived at the foot of the mountain, he informed the guides, who came to offer him their services, of

told. "You will miss many splendid points

ficult as that of the Monument; but our hero,

and Donald, who considers he is being robbed every time a

e up a point so easily as all that. Our Caledonian

ending to withdraw, "good luck to you on your jo

s stone?" deman

that might well be called enchanted. When you stand upon that ston

ays the tou

ad, and you would never hear it," added Donald

ondoner. "How shall I kno

s scarcely known except to guides. However,

anations which threw the Cockne

all, I think," said the bewi

hat they were soon at

and begged the guide to stand a few steps

acing his hands to his mouth as if to carry the soun

rse.... It is a fact that I have not heard a sound. It is pro

hanged

an to rave with

d not mov

e sound of his voice, but his guide gazed at

anything?" cried

to the trap. He feigned not to hear,

y continue

ried Donald; "I c

ake one's breath away. I never saw

et, he drew out a golden coin, a

Goatfell, the clever guide carefully picking out all the roughest paths

l his day's adventures, the proud tourist

ake a guide fo