By innate instinct taught no doubt,

Their yeaning time drew nigh.[61]

They thirty hours a-head had got,

Upon their tour intent;

On searching ev’ry local spot,

A second day was spent;

The third I mounted—by Priest’s Bridge,

And Heron’s Close I veer’d;

To Harelaw Heights, and Ruffhill Ridge,

And Stanton Steads I steer’d.