About noon
That was settled . Where Angus was in authority , the outlandish was not to be suffered . The sun shone bright , and a keen wind was blowing . About noon he came in sight of a few sheep , in a sheltered spot , where were little patches of coarse grass among the heather . On a stone , a few yards above them , sat Gibbie , not reading , as he would be half the time now , but busied with a Pan 's - pipes -- which , under Donal 's direction , he had made for himself -- drawing from them experimental sounds , and feeling after the possibility of a melody . He was so much occupied that he did not see Angus approach , who now stood for a moment or two regarding him . He was hirsute as Esau , his head crowned with its own plentiful crop -- even in winter he wore no cap -- his body covered with the wool of the sheep , and his legs and feet with the hide of the deer -- the hair , as in nature , outward .