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'Manners and Cuftoms,— 'Language.~Literdture,— ’Edticatkn<^UnivmfrtiM.~
t -Cïïi'Kr- and ïowns.^^EdiJices.-^ihland ‘^N avigatim.^M anufaïïures. . '&nd
Commerce.
Manners' *TpHE. .Manners and Cuftoms q f the Scots,! |» e g iq E to ^ muchAj[|imi-
Cuj-toms.. lated with thofe o f Englifh. In their religions. ,creremonjes^attending
baptifm aod_imarriage, there are variatïons,^a|ifii^gjtfrom*. the
. Prefby terian -form, which does nat,- a d m i t godfa,t^drs or, g p dm o tte rs ,
Taut; r e d e r s t|ie parents’alone anfwerable for. the é dmjtfiqïLO Ü ^ ehild.
T h e clergyman does not attend at fqnera)|i,*/pp£. i'Sjit|iè|ê. any,?tmgi.QU3
jfer^lee; b u j g é n e r ^ y great decency; ’J’h^Jbt^ayfe feems a aaqe&iaaa»
| propriated machine than the elofe'waggon fogralled in England, .being
a light and lofty carriage, o f trellice work, painted witjr blagk, and
fpplted with.the refemblance o f falling téars^ .anidea derived.frömJlfeé
ancient French ceremonies," as may be obferved in the colleétionSy
Montfaucon. Among the dower elaffes, .the funerals iareigenerallyl far
mpre numeroufly attended thaj^Jan En g lan d j, nor is black, an in ^m e n -
fable colour offdrefs on fuch occasions/ ,
In the luxuries o f the table,-th e fuperior ckffes' rival die Engli0i,7and
th e gentlemen are, perhaps, rather more fomlAf yraie. T h e abuMknce
hnd be&uty o f th e table-linen are ” defervedly^prailed h y .ftran g e rs,;R ^
veral national difhes, formerly ferved up at the fceft tables^
from the French coqking, ih the re ig n ja f Mary, are' now cortimpn or
negledted, fuch as the haggis o r bachis,y cqek-a-Ieekie, or a capon1 boiled
down with leeks ; crapped heads, or haddocks flayed, the beadsdbeing
fluffed with a 'k in d o f forced-méat balls, &c. &c. T l^ d te tc o f the
lower ckffes paffes in a gradual tranflHon. froip the;noi;th o f England.
T h e chief food is p a ricb , or thick pottage, formed with oatmeal and wa-
; ter, and eaten w ith milk, aleTör b u tte r; in a hard lumpy,form,it is-called
bro/e. With this the labourer is generally contented twice or thricefe:
the
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the day, with a little?bitr of meat for Siindayy,, riojiApes’ihe $fpine at -the
badmsdf theiEnglhh 'poer^s^it is'a'fiaetd ■ which he e^m^h^^ydfi^thes,,
theseyheing an < ancient. a n tip a th y ^ ’ as limjju^e, anj^iah. rjnto.
which nhe A£emons?feaffed0 i{hS‘‘IOShtiQne,d‘i::i^thg , New T e jk rq en t. A
findlcr antipathy.p$i?&i;ls againft .^ If^ js k th e y sefer®^l§ a. ferp^itv|and
the »dkk ferpent. n/7||ihe•tefw^rpclafles, wpfp-l$dlp „given to
ehriety,!;'tiUi a filcceffipn o f improvident' laws and Xegjd^tions, reduced
the whajefome malt iiqasqdFS'-jbd) mere;.water, wh§S<.|heyhWfte $pyen to>
the deftsmQhve* beyeragep >t,h'ei^ foh'riety is
exemplary j and ,§epti£h t manufabfulj^^Gr, labourer, jnAgad ■ q f
wafti^gEia weekly cga|4s £of appear,with
hfthfamily in*, decent, etethes^f on j Sundays and i ©tberfiKlid^ys.? >Th^
may bl^e’garded'as.a fixiking;phara£beriflie of thejhegtifh>peafantry, yyhp'-
always prefer the lading deceqdes,Apf’,life * ! nj&ihentary^gr^t'iffc^tj.ens.
Toi this praise of fobriet^J’hehy. be’ added« thafjjff: itit^Sggpchji-.ari.fiip^,
frenir fHe diffiafioi bf education, which is fueh’,ct&at vear^ai&^miners ijn*
the' frauth poffeff a..ckculating library; ,
. The. houfes of th,e opulent, have been Jong eredfcd upSbjvthe Englifh'
plan, vyhich’can hardly be exceeded' for. interior . elegance and eenve-
niencei . Even the habitations of theJ poor.havebeen. greatly Irdproved
within..thefe few years, and inftead of the mud-herceh with flraWj’dhefe
often appearsf the, neat, cottage, of flohe; coveted iwith .trle^of;;ilate.
Whence the ancient cuftom arofe, oftplacSfig1 the dinnghiibdn the front
of-thehoufe, cannot.yeell be imagined; perhaps it was, intended in'defence,
and if fo; is ufelefs in pacific times ; perhaps it is meant as a diff
play -df'op.ulehce, in which cafe it is hoped Jthat good ferife'will extin-
giifli'ifuchftfupeffluous vanity.
The drefs.of the fuperior elafles; is the fame with that of the Englifli,.
and only waits the arrival,of thefafeions fnomiondon, which are con^
veyed b y the-mail-coaches .with great fpeed. The gentlemen in , the
Highlands, efpecially in time of war, ufe the peculiar drefs, of that coun-
try. Among the other clafies, the Scotilh bone* is now rarely perceived,
except in the-Highlandsit was the ufual Covering for the head1 ail idver
Europe, till towards the end of the 16th century, when the hat, formerly
4 ■ v ; only