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Rh In the county of Fife, on the ſea coaſt, there ſtands a little town, inhabited by few but fiſhers, called Bucky-harbour; becauſe of the ſea buckies and ſhells to be found ſo plenty on the rocks, in and about that place: there is little mention made of this town by hiſtorians, to know its original extraction and antiquities, but in their own burgeſs ticket, which was part of it perfect truths, but more of it by way of lampoon; this ticket was dated the two and thirty day of the month of Julius Caeſar, their coat of arms was two hands gripping each other over a Scate's rumple. Their oath was, I wiſh the de'il may tak me an I binna an honeſt man to you, an ye binna de like to me. An article of good neiglıbourhood they had, whoever was firſt up in a good morning, was to raiſe all the rest to go to ſea, but if a very bad morning, they piſs and ly down again till break of day, then raiſe Wiſe Willie, who could judge the weather by the blawing of the wind.

Their freedoms were to take all kinds of fiſh contained in their tickets, viz. lobſters, partans, podlies, bout-fiſh, ſea-cats, ſea.dogs, flucks, pikes, dick-paocks and pfiſh. Again