NORTHERN MEMOIRS. 147 



Lady of Kennule entertains the novel ; and re- 

 solves an adventure for the invisible stone, who 

 with her female attendants several times sur* 

 rounded the hills, and stooped to take up every 

 shining stone ; so that for the most part they 

 were always in motion, except at other times 

 upon the removal of stones, with responses to 

 one another in the Scotish dialect. I see ye, 

 see ye me, till almost every body see them all. 

 So asham'd at length to prosecute the design 

 any farther, (since stretch'd so far, it was ready 

 to break) despairing of their enterprize, and the 

 recovery of the stone, they left their successes to 

 the indefatigable taylor, and his prickear'd crew ; 

 that day after day so hounded these hills, as 

 hitherto no church-yard has been haunted with 

 goblins. 



But on a certain sun-shiny day (in the even- 

 ing) as some townsmen were returning from 

 the ports of Dundee, and espying the taylor in- 

 specting the stones, one of these townsmen (He 

 warrant him a wag) dismounts from his horse, 

 having dealt with his companions to take him 

 to town : who, the better to manage his con- 

 triv'd design, and put a trick upon the nitty 

 taylor, kept at a distance behind him ; till at 

 length he calls aloud, as the lady and her wo- 

 men had formerly done. I see ye, see ye me. 

 But the taylor on a sudden, because seemingly 



