The Eskdale Herd Boy a Scottish Tale for the Instruction And Amusement of Youn
The Eskdale Herd Boy a Scottish Tale for the Instruction And Amusement of Youn
Mrs Martha Blackford
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Martin, accompanied by Helen on her pony, and a little boy to carry the parcel, left the Manse ; and directing their route across the hills which separate E>kdale from Ewes- dale, reached the small village of Ewes in time for breakfast. There was no inn here, but merely a small public house. Our travellers, however, did not require to go thither, for the cler- gyman having heard that they intended coming that way, was upon the look-out for them all the morning. After breakfast, Helen again moun...ted, and continued talking on many different subjects all the way to Moss Paul. The road runs along the course of the Ewes, between a double range of mountains, quite green, and covered with sheep ; but there is very little variety in the scenery ; and altogether, there being scarce a THE ESKDALE HERD-BOY. 71 gingle cottage to be seen, it has a very desolate appearance. Moss Paul, where they were fain to stop, is one of the poorest inns in Scotland. The contrast was so great, from the richly wooded, cheerful dale which Helen had always lived in, that she told her father, the mere looking at these hills made her melancholy; and she was sure, if Melrose was not more lively than Moss Paul, her grandmamma had much better come and live in Eskdale altogether.
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