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If a bear had carried off a pig or a sheep , Davy would go miles to be one of the party to follow him up . It must be admitted that , like many other hunters , Davy had imagination , and did not allow dull facts to hem him in when he told a hunting story . Edmund used to take his dinners with his cousin , William Munroe , the blacksmith , whose house and shop were just below the common . I generally brought my dinner to school in a basket , and ate it in the school at noon time . After dinner , we would prowl about and explore . We used to climb the stone wall of the pound , and look into it , to see what stray cattle might be there ; and wandered down Malt Lane to John Munroe 's malt house and watched him change the barley into malt , and looked at the hams and sides of bacon that the people had brought to be smoked . -LSB- Sidenote : THE BLACKSMITH 'S SHOP -RSB- The most interesting place to us was the blacksmith 's shop .