Another story of a piper who “took more than was good for him” is associated with “Lochaber no more.” It was the duty of a piper of the 93rd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to play the officers’ mess. Feeling somewhat unsteady, he chose “Lochaber no more” as being an easy tune and suited for hiding his condition. His eccentric performance, however, did not escape the colonel, who was in quarters close by dressing for dinner, and, in passing to the mess room he called out “Piper Mac Donald.” “Yes, sir,” replied the piper, approaching the colonel with his best salute and under the impression that he was to be complimented for serenading the commanding officer by his rendering of such a beautiful air. “What tune was that you played?” growled the colonel. “Hic! ‘Lochubu no more,’ sir.” “Then,” said the colonel severely, “you’ll be piper no more, sir,” and Piper Mac Donald forthwith returned to the ranks. It is a well-known fact that pipers in Highland regiments are posted to companies, and follow them wherever they go. On one occasion a company of the Gordons were marching from a place called Jullunder to Fort Kangra, situated on one of the lower ranges of the Himalayas. Accompanying them was an elephant, on which were placed sick and exhausted men. After a few days’ march they were deprived of music on account of the piper’s feet becoming blistered, and he was relegated to the back of the elephant. On the last day’s march, before entering their new station, some one suggested that in order to brighten them up the piper might be requested to play on the elephant’s back at the head of the company. To this the officer assented, and accordingly the piper was handed his pipes. When he began to tune them up it was evident that the elephant had no appreciation of such sounds, for he shook his head, flapped his big ears menacingly, raised his trunk, with which he embraced the piper round the waist, and violently threw him and his pipes into a ditch as a mark of his disapproval of such music.