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8 Edinburgh. A hech, co' Willie, we‘ll set he upon the highest house in the town, and wae moonlight o‘ our ain a' the day o' the year The whole town ran to see the moon! Honest tout, said witty Eppie, ye‘re but a' fools thegither; its but ane o' the thing at my Lords mare wears upon his lufe, At another time one of the wives found a hne with its legs broken, lying among her kan in the yard. She not knowing what it was, called out to her neighbours to see it; some said it was a gentleman's cat, or a lady's lap-dog, or a sheep's, young kittlen, because it had caft horns: Na, na, cried wise Willie, its ane o' the maukins that gentlemen's dogs worie,

What will we do ? Faith, co‘ they all, we‘ll singe the woo aff, and make fish and sauce o' to my Tammy's parich, Nn na, said Witty Eppie, better gie't to my Lord, and he‘ll stap an iron stick through the