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Skill of a Farrier in the Isle of Skie. 
There is a smith in the parish of Kil-Martin who is reckoned 
a doctor for curing faintness of spirits. This he performs in the 
following manner:—The patient being laid on the anvil, with his 
face uppermost, the smith takes a big hammer in both hands, 
and making his face all grimace, he approaches his patient, and 
drawing his hammer from the ground as if he would hit him with 
his full strength on the forehead, he ends in a feint, else he would 
be sure to cure the patient of all diseases; but the smith being 
accustomed to the performance, has a dexterity of managing his 
hammer with discretion, though, at the same time, he must do 
it so as to strike terror to the patient. This, they say, has the 
designed effect. 
The smith is famous for his pedigree; for it has been observed 
fora long time, that there has been but one child born to the 
family, and that a son, and when he is grown to man’s estate 
the father soon after dies. The present smith makes the thirteenth 
generation of a race of people who are bred to be smiths, and all 
of them pretend to this cure. 
Martin's Western Islands of Scotland . See Pinkerton's 
Travels , vol. iii, p. 683. 
Swarm of Nautical Bees. 
As the Honiton packet was leaving a port in Wales, on her 
voyage to Lyme, the master perceived a swarm of bees settle on 
a rock which the rising tide would soon have covered. He sent 
a boat with a tub, which was sugared for the purpose, and took 
the bees in and brought them on board. They took up with their 
new habitation, began to work, and on removing them to a hive 
at Lyme-Cobb a comb was commenced. During the voyage 
they flew ashore for honey, and followed the vessel again, which 
was at times sailing with a strong breeze .—Sherborne Mercury . 
Mary-le-Bone Police Office. 
The Chimney Sweeper v. the Horse Doctor . 
Mr. Bell, a horse-doctor and farrier, appeared to shew cause 
why he indented a most ungentlemanly blow upon the dexter 
cheek of Mr. Cooper, by profession a chimney sweep. 
