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"Maybe it was a real pewit after all," whispered Jean, but just then a tiny pebble struck Alan's cap, and, looking around in the direction from which it came, he saw two freckled faces rise up from behind the rock on the opposite side of the spring. "There they are," he said, punching Jean and pointing; "they came up the other side of the burn."
He shook hands all round and sprang quickly into the carriage, and as it rattled away with him down the road, he stood up, waving his bonnet with the spray of evergreen pine in it and whistling the pewit call. "Dagon't," said Sandy, when the carriage passed out of sight around a bend in the road. "Dagon't, we'll never find another like the Chief."
This little bird which is often called the Pewit, from its uttering frequently a cry resembling the sound of this word, builds its nest or rather lays its eggs, for it builds no regular nest, amongst long grass or heather on open downs.
Talk about seven league boots! that stride of mine was four thousand miles long, if it was a foot. It spanned the stormy Atlantic and the cold North Sea and set me down in sight of the little village of straw-thatched farm-houses where I played in the long ago, right by the dam in the lazy brook where buttercups and forget-me-nots nodded ever over the pool, and the pewit built its nest in spring.
The next morning, as she was finishing the beds, Jean heard the pewit call and at once knew that the Clan was abroad. She ran to the door, and the three boys came in together, Jock from the garden, where he had been pulling weeds in the potato-patch, and Sandy and Alan from the road. They were carrying a large basket, and Sandy was laden down with a coil of rope in addition.
The road under me was sound white granite and stretch'd away till lost among these fastnesses in all of it no sign of man's habitation. Be sure I look'd along it, and to right and left, dreading to spy more troopers. But for mile on mile, all was desolate. Now and then I caught the cry of a pewit, or saw a snipe glance up from his bed; but mainly I was busied about the mare.
Great bustard Stone curlew Big hawks Former abundance of the raven Dogs fed on carrion Ravens fighting Ravens' breeding-places in Wilts Great Ridge Wood ravens Field-fare breeding in Wilts Pewit Mistle-thrush Magpie and turtledove Gamekeepers and magpies Rooks and farmers Starling, the shepherd's favourite bird Sparrowhawk and "brown thrush"
It was a rare day for the Glen when he fell into the burn and came to dry himself by our fireside." "It was a rare day for me, too, Cousin Campbell," said Alan, and then; catching sight of Sandy and the Twins hanging back behind their father, what did he do but pucker up his lips and whistle the pewit call?
'You used to have a brother in the army, I think? What was his name John? A very fine fellow, if I recollect. 'Yes, cap'n; he's there still. 'And you are in the merchant-service? 'Late first mate of the brig Pewit. 'How is it you're not on board a man-of-war? 'Ay, sir, that's the thing I've come about, said Bob, recovering confidence. 'I should have been, but 'tis womankind has hampered me.
Mealy pudding, a Scotch dish made of oatmeal and suet, in form something like a sausage. Michty me, an exclamation. Na, no, not. Pawky, sly. Pewit, the lapwing, a species of plover. Each clan had its own especial pattern which was worn by all members. Redding up, putting in order. Sal, an exclamation. Scone, a flat cake, unsweetened, baked on a griddle.
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