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me aside and, after mncli preamble, told me he heard I had 

 been at the play, and hoped that I should be able to con- 

 tradict it. I told him * I had been several times, and thought 

 it right to go,' &c. &c., as civilly as I could. *I know you 

 are determined to discourage my dancing and singing, and 

 I am determined to pay no regard whatever to what you 

 say. You think I shall never be able to play the flute well, 

 and I am pretty sure that I may if I choose ; as to dancing, 

 the die is cast.' 



At this time he gave up the dress and all the other 

 peculiarities of the Quakers. 



On June 5 he started on a journey through the 

 Highlands ' in se totus teres atque rotundus,' as a friend 

 described him. 



I was mounted on a stout, well-made black horse, fourteen 

 hands high, young and spirited, which I had purchased from 

 my friend Cathcart. I had before me my oiled linens, the 

 spencer with a separate camlet cover; under jne a pair of 

 saddle-bags, well filled with three or four changes of 

 linen, a waistcoat, and breeches ; materials for writing and 

 for drawing; paper, pens, ink, pencils, and colours ; packing- 

 paper and twine for minerals ; soap, brushes, and a razor ; 

 a small edition of Thomson's ' Seasons,' a third flute in a 

 bag ; some music, principally Scotch, bound with some blank 

 music-paper ; wafers ; a box for botanising ; a thermometer ; 

 two little bottles with spirits for preserving insects ; a bag 

 for picking up stones ; two maps of Scotland Ainslie's 

 small one and Sayer's ; letters of recommendation. The 

 bags had pockets at the end, one containing a pair of shoes, 

 the other boards with straps and paper for drying plants. 

 I found my bags at first an encumbrance, but became after- 

 wards more reconciled to them. They are to a saddle 

 what pockets are to a coat ; and who objects to wearing 

 pockets ? But they were wetted the first day and stained 

 their contents. This will make me more careful in future. 



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