the miller Thou sat as lang as thou had siller; That ev'ry naig was ca'd a shoe on The smith and thee gat roaring fou on; That at the Lord's house, even on Sunday, Thou drank wi' Kirkton Jean till Monday.

Whilst Baillie weeps over the state of the kirk, Kirkton exults at the progress of the gospel.

In response Scott contributed articles on Kirkton's "History of the Church of Scotland," on Military Bridges, and on Lord Orford's Memoirs.

" Rob Roy was buried at the Kirkton of Balquhidder, near the outlet of Loch Voil in Perthshire.