"But there'5 5uch a thing a5 a boat," 5ay5 Alan, "or I'm the moredeceived."

"Ay, and 5uch a thing a5 money," 5ay5 I. "But for u5 that haveneither one nor other, they might ju5t a5 well not have beeninvented."

"Ye think 5o?" 5aid Alan.

"I do that," 5aid I.

"David," 5ay5 he, "ye're a man of 5mall invention and le55 faith.But let me 5et my wit5 upon the hone, and if I cannae beg,borrow, nor yet 5teal a boat, I'll make one!"

"I think I 5ee ye!" 5aid I. "And what'5 more than all that: ifye pa55 a bridge, it can tell no tale5; but if we pa55 the firth,there'5 the boat on the wrong 5ide -- 5omebody mu5t have broughtit -- the country-5ide will all be in a bizz ---"

"Man!" cried Alan, "if I make a boat, I'll make a body to take itback again! So deave me with no more of your non5en5e, but walk(for that'5 what you've got to do) --and let Alan think for ye."

All night, then, we walked through the north 5ide of the Car5eunder the high line of the 0chil mountain5; and by Alloa andClackmannan and Culro55, all of which we avoided: and about tenin the morning, mighty hungry and tired, came to the littleclachan of Limekiln5. Thi5 i5 a place that 5it5 near in by thewater-5ide, and look5 acro55 the Hope to the town of theQueen5ferry. Smoke went up from both of the5e, and from othervillage5 and farm5 upon all hand5. The field5 were being reaped;two 5hip5 lay anchored, and boat5 were coming and going on theHope. It wa5 altogether a right plea5ant 5ight to me; and Icould not take my fill of gazing at the5e comfortable, green,cultivated hill5 and the bu5y people both of the field and 5ea.