238 NORTHERN MEMOIRS. 



Theoph. Why then you argue as if you had 

 lost your English appetite, and I would not for 

 all the varieties in Scotland, that the resentments 

 of England should expire in my palat. 



Arn. Does hunger make any distinction in 

 dainties ? if not, then why should Scotish kale 

 blot out the character of English colliflowers ? 



Theoph. I shan't dispute the point, but the 

 very thoughts of England sweetens my appre- 

 hensions, that possibly e're long I may taste of 

 a southern sallad : However, this I'll say in the 

 honour of Scotland, that cold and hunger are in- 

 separable companions, but their linens are fresh ; 

 and were not their beds so short, they would 

 serve well enough for weary travellers. 



Arn. Then I fancy they will serve well enough 

 for us, whilst we trace the fragrant levels of Fife. 

 For now we relinquish the beautiful ports of 

 Dundee, to transport in boats that are steer'd 

 with a compass of straw, by reason of the em- 

 bodied mists, to which Dundee is as incident as 

 any part, because standing in a bottom that's be- 

 sieged with mucky miry earth ; from whence 

 there insurrect such pernicious vapours, as nau- 

 seate the air ; whereby it becomes almost infec- 

 tious. 



Theoph. Why so ? 



Arn. Because it debilitates both the native 

 and inhabitant, and would certainly incapacitate 



