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each other over a Scate's rumple. Their Oath was, "I wish that de deil 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 so ts of fish contained in their tickets. viz. Lobsters, partons, podlies, spout-fish, sea-cats, sea-dogs, flocks pikes, dick-puddocks, and p-fish.

Again, these people are said to have decended frem one Tom and his two sons who were fishers on the coast of Norway, who in a voilent storm were blown over, and got ashore a Buck-harbour where they settled; & the whole of his children were called Thom-sons, and soon became a little