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 So Willy drank sea-water till bis guts was like to rive, and out he goes to case himself among the kail; where, letting a loud fart, up starts a mauken behind him, thinking she was shot! Willy seeing her jump over the dyke, thought it was a child brought forth, and cried, Como back, my dear, and be christened, and no rin to the hills and be a Pagan. So Willy grew better every day thereafter, being brought to bed in the kail yard. But his daughter was brought to bed some months thereafter, which was the cause of the doctor's mistake.

Now Wise Willy had a daughter, called Roliching Jenny, because she spoke thick, six words at three times, half sense and half non-sense; as her own words and actions will bear witness. She being with child, was delivered of a bonny lass bairn; and a' the wives in the town cried, Be-go-laddie, it's just like its ain daddy, lang Sandy Tason, for Thomson,) we ken by its nose; for Sandy had a great muckle red nose like a lobster's tac, bowed at the point like a hawk's neb; and Sandy himself said, that it was surely his or some ither body's, but he had used a' his birr at the getting o't, to say his ability, being the first time e'er he was at sic a business before; and when he had done a that man could do at it, said it was nonsense; and shame fa' him, but he wad rather row his boat