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[Illustration: A PRECISIAN
_Artist (affably)._ "Fine morning." _Native._ "No' bad ava'."
_Artist._ "Pretty scenery." _Native._ "Gey an' good."
_Artist (pointing to St. Bannoch's, in the distance)._ "What place is
that down at the bottom of the loch?"
_Native._ "It's no at the bottom--it's at the fut!"
_Artist (to himself)._ "You past-participled Highlander!"
[_Drops the subject!_
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