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 which I carried to Greenock in a Timber Stoup, with a Spoon; and being ignorant of what I was to do, or that I was to have Money for it, I invited every Body to tate till it was all pent, then returning Home, told my Mitres every Body liked it; he perceived my Ignorance, and was o far from chiding me on Account of my bad Market, that he laughed very heartily at the Joke, but never ent me to ell her Cream any more.

Here I taid till after Harvet, when coming up to Glagow in a Lighter, where I was entertained for what little Services I could then do; and wandering through that pretty Town, admiring every Thing I aw, I was aked by a Gentleman's Servant, if I would go along with him? I agreed, and taking me to an Inn where his Mater was, I got ome Punch to drink, which by the Fatigue of the Day and Heat of the Fire lull me aleep; and I was carried before the Servant on Horeback in that Condition to Auchinrooch, in the Parih of Campie and Shire of Stirling, where I taid three Years, and was happy beyond Expreion. This being a fine Family, I cannot here mention it without the warmet Wihes for their Succeors Happines; for I am informed, that both my kind Mater and his Lady Mother are dead, who, when in Life were a Bleing to all around them.

When I parted with this good Family it was after Harvet, and with a Promie to return in the Spring; o I went to Glagow again, genteelly cloathed, and my Mater, with his own Hands,