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eldest son writ a treatise in honour of his pedi- 

 gree ; wherein he describes his genealogy from 

 Adam ? 



Am. It's the very same, for he traced his de- 

 scent from the Garden of Eden. 



Tlieoph. Why then was his book doom'd to 

 be stuff'd with nothing but fantastical fabulous 

 fictions ? 



Arn. Because his country-men thought it too 

 ambiguous for any man to trace his pedigree 

 from paradise. 



Theoph. Was that all ? had they no antiqua- 

 ries amongst them ? But hold a little, what 

 place is this ? 



Theoph. Old Chanery,hung about with charms 

 that inehanted a grampus to come ashore, whose 

 bulk (some fancied) burdned the sands ; but he 

 became a prey to the English infantry. Now we 

 trace the flourishing fields of Murry-land ; and 

 this is Old Ern where Marquess Montross en- 

 gaged his country-men, and totally routed them. 

 This next town is Forres, famous for nothing 

 except that infamous vermin the rat ; because so 

 numerous in these northern parts, that a cat can 

 scarcely get a living amongst them. 



Theoph. Why don't they send and fetch of the 

 earth from Ross ? 



Arn. That I know riot ; but this I know, that 



