Book 2--CHAPTER SIX.

THE FAR NORTH LAND.

"O! the auld hoose, the auld hoose, Deserted though you be, There ne'er can be a new hoose Seem half sae dear to me."

Lady Nairne.

"Beside a weird-like Arctic bay, Where wild and angry billows play, And seldom meet the night and day."

Symington.