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filled, perhaps ye might gie him a copper or two." 

 One of the women looked hard at Edward, and said, 

 " I've surely seen ye before, laddie. Did ye ever 

 frequent the fishmarket i' the Shipraw?" "Yes." 

 "And ye had sometimes tame rottens wi' ye?" 

 " Yes." " Ah ! I thocht sae. I used to help my 

 mother wi' her fish, and was sure that I had seen ye 

 i' the market." 



They then asked him where he was going ? " Till 

 the Kettle," he said. " Till the what did ye say, 

 laddie ?" " The Kettle !" How they laughed ! They 

 had never heard of such a place before. But when 

 their laughter had settled down, they gave the boy 

 twopence; and as they parted, one of the women 

 said, " Tak' care o' yer feet, laddie, when ye step intil 

 the Kettle." 



On reaching Dundee, Edward crossed the Firth of 

 Tay by the ferry-boat, and reached Newport, in the 

 county of Fife. From thence he walked on to Cupar. 

 He was very much bewildered by the manner in which 

 the people told him the direction of the roads. They 

 told him to go south or north, or east or west. He 

 had no idea of these geographical descriptions. One 

 man told him to " gang east a bit, then turn south, 

 syne haud wast." 



He went in the direction indicated, but he could 

 proceed no farther. He sat down on a stone at the 

 side of the road, and fell fast asleep. A gentleman 

 passing in a gig, called out to him, " Boy ! boy ! 



