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biographei' of that brief and sadly brilliant part of the poet's life 

 that was passed at Ellisland and in Dumfries, Mi' William 

 M'Dowall, was issued at the time. A copy of it is preserved in 

 the library of this Society, and its existence renders unnecessary 

 a detailed account of the Burns' relics that enriched our exhibi- 

 tion, for the most and the more valuable of them are there 

 described. We append a list of the articles, with the names of 

 the exhibitors : — " MS. of " The Silver Tassie " — Mr James ' 

 Lennox, Maxwelltown. Cradle — Mr Welsh, Dumfries. Letters 

 and other Manuscripts — Mr John Wilson, Dumfries. M.S. of 

 " Holy Willie's Prayer" — Mrs Johnstone, English Street. Manu- 

 scripts and Table — Mrs Pearce, Dumfries. M.S. of "The 

 Whistle ;" do. of lines on the wounded hare, and Pane of Glass 

 from t\\e Hermitage with verses written on it — Mr Nelson of 

 Friars' Carse. Excise Book — Miss Burnet, Dumfries. Work- 

 box (of Mrs Burns), Antique Jug, Cup, Punch-bowl, and Prince 

 Charlie's Wine Glass (belonging to the poet) — Mrs Smith of the 

 Globe Inn, Dumfries. MS. of "The Whistle," and a Cup 

 (belonging to Burns) — Dr Rutherford of the Crichton Institution. 

 Three Receipts, volume " Louisa" — a poetical novel — annotated 

 by Burns, Piece of the Poet's Nursing Chair, Portrait of the 

 Poet, and Bust of his Eldest Son — Miss Grade, Dumfries. 

 SnufF-Mull, Sugar Crusher, and Toddy Ladle, belonging to the 

 poet, and now the property of the Dumfries Burns Club, together 

 with the Club's Punch-bowl, and- an Engraving of the Poet — Mr 

 Henry Gordon. Two Towels — Mr M'Chtre, Lockerbie. Auction 

 Hammer used at sale of the Poet's effects — Mr Aroiott, Newall 

 Terrace, Dumfries. Engraving of the Poet —Miss Currie. 

 Portrait, together with Cup and Saucer — Mrs Dunhar, Dumfries. 

 Two Receipts for £385 to John Syme — one due by Robert Burns, 

 and the other for mournings by his widow and family; the Poet's 

 Bible, and his Burgess Ticket of Jedburgh — Mr W. G. Scott, 

 Dumfries. Portrait of Burns — Industrial School, Dumfries. 

 Snuff'-box made out of wood of Poet's liedstead — Mr R. Murray, 

 Dumfries. Sterne's Works, annotated by Burns — Rev. W. N. 

 Dodds, Dumfries. One of the marginal notes written by Burns 

 is as follows : — " I love drinking now and then. It defecates the 

 standing pool of thought. A man perpetually in the paroxysms 

 and fevei's of inebriety is like a half-drowned, stupid wretch 

 condemned to labour unceasingly in water ; but a now-and-then 

 tribute to Bacchus is like the cold bath, braciner and invitroratine. 



