ROBERT DICK'S BIRTHPLACE. 



CHAPTER II. 

 ROBERT DICK'S BOYHOOD. 



ROBERT DICK was "born at Tullibody in January 1811.* 

 He "was one of four children Agnes, Robert, Jane, 

 and James. 



Thomas Dick, his father, was an officer of excise. 

 He was an attentive, diligent, and able man. He 

 eventually rose to one of the highest positions in his 

 calling. At the time when Robert Dick was born, 



* Miss Dick, his half-sister, says he was born in 1810, though 1811 

 is on his tombstone. 



