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22 4 WEST HIGHLAND TALES.
They went over to him.
" Oh, Dòmhnull," said they, " how gottest thou to
come hitlier ? "
" I got as you might get if you would try it. After
that I had reached the world over yonder, they said to
me that I had plenty of time for going over there, and
they set me over here, and a hundred sheep with me to
make money for myself"
" And would they give the like of that to us if we
should go there Ì " said they.
" They would give (that.) It 's they that would
give," said Dòmhnull.
" (By) what means shall we get going there ? " said
they.
" Exactly the very means by which you yourselves
sent me there," said he.
They went and they took with them two barrels to
set themselves into up above.
When they reached the place one of them went into
one of the barrels, and the other sent him down with
the rock. That one gave a roar below, and his brains
just after going out with the blow he got.
The other one asked Dòmlmull what he was saying Ì
" He is shouting, ' Cattle and sheep, wealth and
profit,' " said DòmhnuU.
" Down with me, do^\^l with mo ! " said the other
one.
He did not stay to go into the barrel. He cut a
caper down, and the brains went out of him.
Dòmhnull went home, and he had the land to liini-
self.