74 Appendia. 
biographer of that brief and sadly brilliant part of the poet’s life 
that was passed at Ellisland and in Dumfries, Mr 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” —WMrs 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 the Hermitage with verses written on it—WMr Nelson of 
Friars’ Carse. Excise Book—Miss Burnet, Dumfries. Work- 
box (of Mrs Burns), Antique Jug, Cup, Punch-bow], and Prince 
Charlie’s Wine Glass (belonging to the poet)—WMrs 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 Gracie, Dumfries. 
SnuffMull, 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‘Clure, Lockerbie. Auction 
Hammer used at sale of the Poet’s effects—Wr Arnott, Newall 
Terrace, Dumfries. Engraving of the Poet —Miss Currie. 
Portrait, together with Cup and Saucer—WMrs Dunbar, 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—ZJndustrial School, Dumfries. 
Snuff-box made out of wood of Poet’s bedstead—Mr Fk. Murray, 
Dumfries. Sterne’s Works, annotated by Burns—Fev. W. UN. 
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 fevers 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, bracing and invigorating. 
