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case. Amongst these are "Thomas M'Laren," indw Balgedie, aged about four-score years. He stated herded in his youth for about four years on the hill, and Wood," the date of his examination 16th August 17

"Michael Michie," aged sixty-five years, said he on the hill in 1745. "David Miller," aged sixty years when about eleven years old he began herding on the hi five years, and knew "the Wood." "George Bicke seventy-five years had herded there when a lad, and k and "the Wood" from his youngest years. "David Easter Balgedie, aged fifty-two years, said he had her Wood" in 1754 or 1755 for two summers. have been associated with Michael Bruce.

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Fter receiving an excellent grounding in English, his tenth year he began the study of Latin, n his twelfth that of Greek. The parish master, after instructing him in the rudiments, lly allowed him to go on in his own way. On nely hillside this enthusiastic young student red the intricacies of Latin and Greek syntax, E an evening he might have been heard repeathe rules aloud. Then, when his progress dhim a little further, nothing delighted him than to recite the lines of Virgil or some from his Greek Testament. He was an Et student, one who had the love of letters in and whose sole desire was to equip himself so be an efficient soldier of the Cross.

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Willie it was as "Damon and Pythias, a sunny summer afternoon they would the lochside or sit on the grey tablest old kirkyard of Portmoak, reading the inscriptions on these tombstones, or sp to "that something after death W cowards of us all, unless we have that a in the finished work of Him who has o terrors of the grave. Alas! how abrup sweet fellowship terminated by tha Terrors, regarding whom they were wo late, for Willie Arnot sickened and di laid to rest in that very "God's-acre," farm-steading, in which they had held course. The loss of his friend only closer to his Lord and Master. He liv the day, accounting no moment his own