first of my reign, gives to the barr Hanter, upper and neither Powmock, with all the bounds within the flood, with the Hoop and Hooptoun, and the bounds up and down; above th earth to heaven, and all below t earth to hell, as free to thee and thine, ever God gave to me and mine: And that, for a bow and broad anez, when I come to hunt upon Yarrow, and for the more futh, I bite white wax with my teeth, befor Margaret my wife, and Mall my nurfe. Sic Subscribiter. MALCOM KANMURL"

Margaret, witness.
Mall, witnefs.

Most of the farm-houfes and cotfages, though conftru&ed of clay, make fuch a cleanly and decent appearance, that penury feems totally difcarded from their humble dwellings.

The manner of building, on inquiry, appeared fo fimple, while the effect was fo pleafing, that I cannot withhold the information I gained on this fubject, from one of the honeft peafants, who was in the act of making fome addition to his little cottage. After fhewing me the manner in which the clay was prepared, by beating it with a mallet (made on purpofe) for a length of time, he added-" That a quantity of pebbles, taken from the adjacent rivulets, were then mixed with it, which, from his defcription, formed a kind of amalgam not unlike puddingftone, and then thrown into wooden encaiffements or cafes, placed where the walls of the house were to be erected; that thofe cafes being only fix feet in length, three in height, and one and a half in width, they were under the neceffity removing them as the building extended; which, when finifhed, gave it the appearance of free-ftone; that they again beat or mixed the clay

when put into the cafes, in order a bring it to a confiftency, and to a lerate its drying; that likewife, par to the walls being quite dry, it w cuftomary to lay on two or three ings of quick lime and plafter, we few handfuls of falt mixed togeth but if they were defirous of gisny, yellowish or greyish hue to the out!“, afmall quantity of ochre or burntra-, reduced to powder, and nuxed water, was then added :"-a ho” manner of painting al fresco, which only ferves as an admirable deceptar but delights the eye.

The peafantry of this pro being mostly proprietors, each p fing a fmall piece of land which they can call their own, chaumieres are merous, and are profufely scattered this wide furface, which exten miles, fometimes on the edge of foreft, at other times on the fide o meadow, or at the foot of a rivule whilft the green turf, variegated wi aromatic flowers and the bright t of aquatic herbs, diverfify the fort, and give the whole plain an appearanc on which the eve delights to ren

From Beaumont's Tra...

THE attachment to life is in no aflignable proportion to external circumftances. It is fometimes weak in the young, the wealthy, the vigorous, with numerous fources of enjoyment courting their acceptance; while it is ftrong in the indigent, old, and valetudinary, to whom existence might be thought a burden. The fact is, that here, as in so many other inftances, mind is the true measure of man, and it creates to itfelf its habitual fentiments and affections, with little dependance on the world without. It may, I think, in general be obferved, that the greatest lovers of life are perfons of a fanguine temperament, engaged in active purfuits, full of projects for futurity, readily attaching themselves to new objects and new acquaintances, and able to convert every occurrence of life into a matter of importance on the other hand, the phlegmatic, inactive, dubious, defponding, and indifferent, as foon as the warmth and curiofity of youth are o ver, frequently become carelefs about the remainder of life, and rather confent to live on through. habit, than feel themselves much interested in the continuance of their exiftence. They

may be fenfible that there is a balance of enjoyment in their favour, and that therefore, on the calculation, their condition is infinitely better than nonexiftence; but still it is a repetition of the fame things, and the profpect of to-morrow adds nothing to the petty pleafures of to-day! If this be a true ftatement, it would appear that expectation is the grand defideratum of life, not more important as a ftimulus to action, than as a zeft for giving relish to the paffing fcenes. When a man has outlived expectation, it will generally, be found that, independently of the pofitive fear of death, he has little remaining attachment to life.

It appears to me one of the great evils of the advanced state of fuciety in which we live, that moderate enjoyments are too little valued, and things only of the higheft relifh will pleafe our pampered and vitiated appetites. Amufement has changed to diffipation, convenience to luxury, elegance to fplendour. Ideas of opulence have paffed all bounds of modeft computation, and the wealth of a province is fcarcely enough for the fchemes of a London counting houfe, "Quos non Oriens, Occidens fatiaverit.”

fhell; the shell of the fmooth kind (3) is of a horny appearance and a dirty white colour. The fulcated (2) is finely striated in the direction of the fulci. The shells of both are thin, and extremely well polished in the infide. Specimens in a foffil ftate, retaining the shell are very rare. They are generally found in till, lying in a horizontal pofition. The greatest number of fpecimens are bruifed, apparently by fome violent preffure when in a recent state: the bruifes are commonly near the bottom, but in fome they are near the point.

Fig. 4. Represents a bivalve fresh water muscle fhell, found in a ftratum of inflammable. till above coal. Fig. 5. 6. are alfo bivalves of the muscle fpecies. Thofe reprefented fig. 5. are in cafts and are very rare, fig. 6. are more plentiful; they are generally found in fingle fhells imbedded in till incumbent on iron stone, and fometimes in the iron stone itself.

Fig. 7. Js intended to give fome idea of the echini, or echinata of Hill. The fpecimens are very fearce in Scotland, and are almoft univerfally found in fragments. Fig. 8. Along with the laft are found fpecimens of the aculei echinorum, alfo in fragments. The two laft are found at Craiginglen, in the parish of Campfie, in feveral of the lime quarries of Kilbride, and at Innerteil.

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Fig. 10. 11. Represent two fpecies of the pecten that are very rare, and are a most beautiful and delicate foffil. The upper valve is very concave, the under very convex; and both are fo thin, that they may be frequently taken for a fingle valve. Both are finely ftriated. In fome fpecimens they can be easily separated from each other, in which cafe the internal structure is fully expofed to view. Fig. 10. fhows the papillæ and other small configurations with which they are burnished. They are found in till at Lawrifton.

Fig. 12. Represents the conftruction of the infide of the upper valve of a fpecimen of the anomiæ echinatæ found at Limekilns in Fife.

Fig. 13. Reprefents another species of the pecten, which is but feldom met with, fome fpecimens are of an eleptical fhape.

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Anecdote of Mr Dennis. AMONG the various peculiarities of this fingular character, he profeffed to have entertained a most infurmountable antipathy to punning. Nay, fo hof tile was he to this fpecies of wit, that he has been known to quit the com. pany where puns have been made. There is an anecdote not generally known, which tends further to illuftrate this moft eccentric character. One night at Button's, Steele was defirous of excluding him from a party which

he wished to make, but which he could not conveniently manage, Dennis being at that time in the coffee-room. While he was at a lofs to get rid of him, he obferved Rowe fitting on the oppofite fide of the box to Dennis, the latter of whom he asked, "What was the matter with him?" What do you mean by the question? replied the critic. To which the other replied, "You appeared to me like an angry waterman, for you look one way and Rowe another." The effect of this 4 F 3

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