ould be called the leader of the choir;
though in Scotland, Mr. George said he believed he was called the
precentor. There was no choir of singers, as with us, but when the
minister gave out a hymn the precentor rose and commenced the singing,
and when he had got near the end of the first line all the congregation
joined in, and sang the hymn with him to the end. The third pulpit was
only a sort of chair, enclosed at the sides and above. What the man did
who sat in it the boys could not find out.

All the people in the church had Bibles on a sloping board before them,
in their pews, and when the minister named the text or read a chapter,
they all turned to the place, and looked over. Waldron said he thought
that this was an excellent plan.

Mr. George and the boys all liked the sermon very much indeed, and when
the service was ended, they walked a little way around the esplanade
before the castle, and then went home to dinner.

In the course of their excursion, however, they had observed that a
great many walks had been made at different elevations on the west side
of the hill, and that seats were placed there at different points, for
resting-places. These seats, and indeed the walks themselves, commanded
charming views of all the surrounding country. The boys wanted to run up
and down these paths, and explore the sides of the hill by means of them
in every part; but Mr. George recommended to them to wait till the next
day.

"We shall come up to-morrow," said he, "to visit the castle, and then we
will come out here, and have a picnic, on one of these stone seats.
After that I will find a place among the rocks to read or write, for an
hour, and while I am there you may climb about among the rocks and
precipices as much as you please."

The next morning the boys set out with Mr. George, soon after breakfast,
to go up to the castle. When they reached the esplanade they found
several small parties of soldiers there, under instruction. They all
wore red coats--that being the ordinary uniform of British soldiers.
Officers were marching them about, and teaching them how to handle their
muskets, and to keep step, and to wheel this way and that, and to
perform other such evolutions. A great many of the soldiers looked very
young. They were lads that had been recently enlisted, and were now
being trained to go to the war in the Crimea.

After looking at these soldiers a short time the party went on. At the
upper end of the