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 two and thirtieth day of the month of Julius Cæsar. Their Coat of Arms was two hands gripping each other over a

Scate's rumple. Their oath was, "I wish that de de'il may tak me an I binna an honest man to you, an ye binna de like to me." An article of good neighbourhood 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, piss and go to bed again till break of day, then raise wise Willy, who could judge of the weather by the blawing of the wind. Their freedoms were to take all sorts of fish contained in their tickets, viz.:—Lobsters, partens, podles, spout-fish, sea-cats, sea-dogs, fluks, piks, dick-puddocks, and p—fish.

Again, these people are said to have descended from one Tom and his two