and Robert Emmet and the beloved and inglorious Macbean--or may pass the corner of the close where that great society, the L. J. R., held its meetings and drank its beer, sitting in the seats of Burns and his companions. I think I see you, moving there by plain daylight, beholding with your natural eyes those places that have now become for your companion a part of the scenery of dreams. How, in the intervals of present business, the past must echo in your memory! Let it not echo often without some kind thoughts of your friend, R.L.S. SKERRYVORE, BOURNEMOUTH. CONTENTS CHAPTER I I SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWS II I COME TO MY JOURNEY’S END III I MAKE ACQUAINTANCE OF MY UNCLE IV I RUN A GREAT DANGER IN THE HOUSE OF SHAWS V I GO TO THE QUEEN’S FERRY VI WHAT BEFELL AT THE QUEEN’S FERRY VII I GO TO SEA IN THE BRIG “COVENANT” OF DYSART VIII THE ROUND-HOUSE IX THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD X THE SIEGE OF THE ROUND-HOUSE XI THE CAPTAIN KNUCKLES UNDER XII I HEAR OF THE “RED FOX” XIII THE LOSS OF THE BRIG XIV THE ISLET XV THE LAD WITH THE SILVER BUTTON: THROUGH THE ISLE OF MULL XVI THE LAD WITH THE SILVER BUTTON: ACROSS MORVEN