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Scottish one known as " bundling." But this, like 

 other of her quaint customs, is slowly yielding to the 

 march of the newspaper, the telegraph, the telephone, 

 and the railroad ; I scarcely believed that the custom 

 still existed or, indeed, ever had a foothold on this 

 continent, but I soon found indubitable proof of it. 

 " Bundling," you must know, is a method of courtship 

 based on motives of economy, (the saving of light and 

 fire). It is still practiced in Scotland though grad- 

 ually dying out there, as increasing prosperity affords 

 broader scope for comfort and less necessity for 

 economy. 



