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at the fyre. That's fat ye sud dee, an' if ye dinna, 

 ye kenna fat's the consequence, nor hoo a' study wearies 

 the flesh. Forbye, ye tak cauld, and get giddy in yeer 

 head, loss understanding and coup ower, an' mistaks, 

 damage things, and brak. Fat wye ? Fat sense's that ? 

 I dinna see ony intill't. 



" I canna see hoo ye see, I canna mak oot hoo ony 

 Christan genlm is to gang oot in mires, brakin stanes 

 amang snaw, and seekin' whistles in a moor hill-side. 

 Na, na ; he's fustlin' eneugh in Lonon [this must refer 

 to Sir Roderick Murchison], sittin in a chair toastin' his 

 taes, and lookin at Africa wye two thousin lochs amang 

 mountains. Forbye ye mistak sair a' the warl's wyes, 

 an hoo anither thing says one thing is meant. An' foo, 

 unless yeer astonishmen' is greet, yeer need to spike is 

 little." 



Dick seems to have been much amused by the con- 

 versation of his housekeeper. She was a very careful 

 woman. She never wasted a farthing's worth of her 

 master's goods. When beggar children came to the 

 door, she was firm in her resistance to their entreaties. 

 " The breed wuna hers, but the maister's." The bairns 

 waited until the maister was at home, and then they had 

 their serving. For Dick was always generous to hungry 

 children. " My kin' maister," said Annie, " was very fond 

 o' bairns that wud be clean an' tidy. Mony a time he 

 gaed a piece ta ony poor bodie that cam to the door." 



Another thing that kept Dick poor was his honesty. 

 He gave full weight full measure and running over. 

 He never scrimped any poor person of his bread. His 



