

LETTER III. 



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Dumfries, Aug. 13, 1813. 

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AN interesting account is given by Morrison, 

 in his Itinerary, published in 1596, of the mode 

 of travelling in Scotland. " In Scotland," says 

 he, " a horse may be hired for two-pence the first 

 day, and eight-pence the day until he be brought 

 home ; and the horse letters used to send a foot- 

 man to bring back the horse. They have no 

 such inns as are in England, but in all places 

 some houses are known where passengers may 

 have meat and lodging, but they have no arms 

 or signs hung out ; and for the horses they are 

 commonly set up in stables in some lane, not 

 in the same house where the passenger lies; 

 and if any one is acquainted with a townsman 

 will go freely to his house, for most of them 

 will entertain a stranger for his money. A 

 horseman shall pay, of oates and straw, for hay 

 is scarce in those parts, some eight-pence, day 

 and night, and he shall pay no less in summer 

 for grasse, whereof they have no great store. 

 Himself, at a common table, shall pay six- 

 pence for his supper or dinner, and shall have 



