...the eldest taschmann was to go for the isthmus connecting Kintyre to the Scottish mainland....go figure:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintyre

a 'typo' there, wiki...I wonder why?

....he was also to laugh "ta, bert!"....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarbert

Zachariah then said "I always end up carrying everybody"....to which the eldest taschmann replied "well, you can carry him then"...Zachariah then gave CF a piggback...."is that enough?"...."should be" was the reply.....and as an afterthought "we'll give the rest to the masons"....go figure: