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we hackney it at more than an ordinary rate, be- 

 fore we discover those beautiful ascents, and the 

 hostile habitation of our friend Aquilla, that 

 dwells in those western florid fields, who will 

 bid us welcome, and rejoice to see us. Nor will 

 Glasgow be any impediment in our way, whilst 

 we only survey her beautiful palaces, so direct 

 to the lofty turrets of Dumbarton. 



Theoph. Let the sun, or his star the beautiful 

 Aurora, arrest me, if otherwise 1 arise not be- 

 fore break of day, and be in readiness for a march 

 to the famous Glasgow, where you purpose to 

 refresh, and briefly examine the city curiosities ; 

 as also the customs of their magnificent situa- 

 tions ; whose academick breasts are a nursery for 

 education, as the city for hospitality. And let 

 this be your task as we travel to Dumbarton, to 

 give us a narrative of the antiquities of Cloyd, 

 as also of the town of Kilmarnock, where we 

 slept this night, that so bravely refreshed us. 



Am. That I can do as we ride along. 



Theopli. Do so, it will be very acceptable. 



Arn. Then to expostulate the antiquities of 

 Kilmarnock ; as it would puzzle the pen of an 

 ingenious historiographer, so I, for that end, was 

 thinking to evade it, and refer it to some other 

 of more mature judgment ; since you yourself, 

 and consequently others that read my relation, 

 will probably reduce me to the probate of a cen- 



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