332 icings of tbe 1Ro&, IRifle, an& 0un 



on the head of any sober Christian. It was imperative 

 upon them to have insisted on the boatmen, also 

 four in number, whether they could or not, emptying 

 their keg of calkers. It was incumbent upon them 

 to have brought into a state of civilation all such of 

 the natives of that wild district as had been gathered 

 together in and about the inn, by the fame of the arrival 

 of the Missionaries. The landlord, of course, should 

 have been laid on his back among the blooming 

 heather, long before sunset ; and the pleasing toil 

 of distribution been devolved on his wife and daughters, 

 who, except at marriages, christenings, and funerals 

 eschew the creature. 



Instead of a scene like this, equally rational and 

 sentimental, and the sweet savour of which would have 

 scented the mountain air for years after the departure 

 of the Sassenachs, whose names would have been 

 remembered till doomsday in many a flowing quech, 

 'list, O list, if ever you did your dear Father love,' 

 list to the brace of most portentous blockheads ! 

 Ornither. ' Come, let us have another bottle of 

 claret a pint per man is not too MUCH ! ! ! ! after 

 such a day's fatigue !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' 

 Halieus. 'You have made me president for four days, 

 and / forbid it \ \ \ \ A HALF PINT FOR YOUNG MEN 

 IN PERFECT HEALTH IS ENOUGH ; and you will be 

 able to take your exercise better and feel better for this 

 abstinence !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' 

 Ornither. ' Well, I give up the wine but I intend to 

 wade in Hancock's boots to-morrow !!!!!' 



A more mean, and melancholy, and miserable, and 



