But when they cam' to Newcastle toun, And were alighted at the wa' They fand their tree three ells ower laigh, They fand their stick baith short and sma'.

He'd as lief kill ye baith as look at ye." The younger men were out of sight over the brow of the hill long before McRae and Jessie had the dogs harnessed.

This is a perverse generation, and faith they need us baith."

Duncan sighed baith out and in, Grat his een baith bleer't an' blin', Spak o' lowpin o'er a linn Ha, ha, the wooing o't!

" I think about as cool a Scottish "aside" as I know, was that of the old dealer who, when exhorting his son to practise honesty in his dealings, on the ground of its being the "best policy," quietly added, "I hae tried baith" In this work frequent mention is made of a class of old ladies, generally residing in small towns, who retained till within the memory of many now living the special characteristics I have referred to.