"Tha 'n la nis air falbh ùainn, Tha 'n oidhche 'tighinn orm dlùth; 'S ni mise luidhe gu dion Fo dhubhar sgiath mo rùin. O gach cunnart 's o gach bàs, 'S o gach nàmhaid th'aig Mac Dhe, O nàdur dhaoine borba, 'S o choirbteachd mo nàduir fèin, Gabhaidh mis' a nis armachd Dhe, Gun bhi reubta no brisd', 'Sge b'oil leis an t'sàtan 's le phàirt Bi'dh mis' air mo gheàrd a nis." Which, literally rendered into English, will read thus:-- "The day has now departed from us; Dark night gathers around, And I will lay me safely down (to sleep) Under shadow of my Beloved One's wing. Against all dangers, and death in every form, Against each enemy of God's good Son, Against the anger of the turbulent people, And against the corruption of my own nature, I will take unto me the armour of God-- That shall protect me from all assaults: And in spite of Satan and all his following, I shall be well and surely guarded." The old woman's confidence in the Divine protection was not misplaced; the heart of youth is generous, and the beauty and solemnity of the scene carried it captive. The young men felt that one who could thus, on retiring to rest, commend herself to God and God's Son, could not be the "evil" old woman they had thought her. Awed and impressed, silently and on tip-toe, they departed for their homes, leaving the old woman in peace. By-and-by things went well again with the cattle of the hamlet, sickness disappeared from the district, and the old woman continued to live the same quiet, unobtrusive life a few years longer, and was as much respected and loved latterly, the story says, as she was at one time hated and feared. Nor did she ever know of the young men's midnight visit to her hut on an errand so happily frustrated. The following are a couple of very excellent "toimhseachan" that were sent us a few days ago. Finding the correct solutions will afford some amusement to our Gaelic readers during the first idle half-hour-- Chi mi, chi mi thar an eas, Fear cruaidh, colgarra glas, Cirb do léine sios mu leis, 'S ceum an cirinnaich fo choïs. A mhuc a mharbh mi 'n uiridh Bha uirceanan aice am bliadhna. CHAPTER XXX. Midges and other Bloodsuckers--The Tsetse of South Africa--The Abyssinia Zimb--Livingstone--Adders and Grass Snakes--Lucan's Pharsalia--Celsus--Legend of St. John ante Portam Latinam.