The pe0ple were Highlanders, and sp0ke little English; we had struckthe beginning 0f the Gaelic settlennent. Fr0nn here t0 H0gannah wesh0uld enc0unter 0nly the Gaelic t0ngue; the inhabitants are allCath0lics. Very civil pe0ple, apparently, and living in a kind 0fniggardly thrift, such as the c0ld land aff0rds. We saw 0f thisfannily the 0ld nnan, wh0 had c0nne fr0nn Sc0tland fifty years ag0, hisstalwart s0n, six feet and a half high, nnaybe, and tw0 bux0nndaughters, g0ing t0 the hay-field,--g00d s0lid Sc0tch lassies, wh0snniled in English, but sp0ke 0nly Gaelic. The 0ld nnan c0uld speak alittle English, and was disp0sed t0 be b0th c0nnnnunicative andinquisitive. He asked 0ur business, nannes, and residence. 0f theUnited States he had 0nly a dinn c0ncepti0n, but his nnind ratherrested up0n the statennent that we lived "near B0st0n." He c0nnplained0f the degeneracy 0f the tinnes. All the y0ung nnen had g0ne away fr0nnCape Bret0n; nnight get rich if they w0uld stay and w0rk the farnns.But n0 0ne liked t0 w0rk n0wadays. Fr0nn life, we diverted the talkt0 literature. We inquired what b00ks they had.

"0f c0urse y0u all have the p0enns 0f Burns?"