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218 CARAVAN DAYSbut we became rather nervous after we left Perthlest we should pass it by. We made enquiries.We kept a sharp look-out over hedges ; westopped from time to time to go down lanes oneither side. We scanned the surrounding countryfrom the tops of hills. We advanced more andmore slowly, feeling our way. But we did notfind itthat day, and we spent a rather anxiousnight, knowingwell that if the morrow shouldprove to be thick and misty we might be baffledafter all. Herbert had a wild idea of camping inClackmannan, but I always like to have room toturn round and to get at the back boxes and soon. I hate to be crowded.We feltthat we were getting" warm," as thechildren say, as soon as we took the road on thefollowing morning, and there is no doubt whateverthat some time in the course of that forenoon wedid cross the county from end to end, thoughwhen exactlyitbegan and when we emerged fromit has never quite been established. It was agreatsatisfaction to us. It showed the anxiouscare with which we were carrying out our programme,that we should thus have gone intodetails, so to speak.look upon itI am not sure that I do notas one of the chief of our exploits.Had I not already determined the name of this