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language.
d h ly :wdrii fin ridirfi*g or'huhtj4%*{cfeme‘ infed* gorterial ufea TJie.Scotifh
pCafantry are^hdw gehdraily eldatheSI fh .gfflad IbroadwlotH} Vorfted
fIBcKings,' ahd th e homdrfpun* habiliment, and
rfiidity ‘o f th e ’ low 4 l»tremiMes.»T> This Jafif 'fi&^ilarity^boJj^non. in
■files'; and-dven i n "ErigltfndUboutHwo^ednturies, '-ago, is moftljpahan-
dened'-'e.ven by ■the^tSSstitf’MlI^“* 'Whcr m ay nowSfpitetto the* or&er of*
l?h'e gartferi I In lH_e'H*ghk8id$l i^isLtVber regrtetted^ that a) diffih&tjon of
dfef?-:ff lr p'revai Is f >as"" any' y ar fotio r#' in - drefs ; laag®ags:mh}yfife«ers
prejudices, ahS^rev-es' the -moft fatal impediinent.ro-the prdj^gfs'mf civilization;
Ev'erP^fthefe eolighteh^th4Sriids| if ahymatisn were^ tm litum
to f-He- ftate mf^udiCyJka ' pMlQfSphdr^oould t t eM ly ^ td ^ ih e liS ’e ^ w a t
ffieTVere'^fivagesfj} aasd th e mals’-rf*: mankind' WouldriCOfctainl$i<|®®fider
-them'as'’fijeh;>fdrfiriie\-nftesii k id ' to the^m,ffeferlh,mstevilsr; |
•* The^fiiulhmenfetDf the riCh areasii a paraiftl ^ithlfKSfetdfithes p®g-
tifh ; b u t -thple-'df. the tpdafin&y have Several r diher fities* w h iifc ltiie
rfeader may,Vipetthapsy be{t learn from, t bed poems o f ,Burns* Thatj of
curling eonfifts in rolling laigeftonesj 'with ironjhandlesvi{xpqn.5th eB e ,
towards affixed mark, arfayourite. and healthyj idiverfioh' f e
The English quoits^are-fupplied by penny-Jlanes, found flaiRdsh^which
a re tofled in tbe: feme manner* Two exquifite poems ofitMr. Births,
hia iHalloween; and djaridSaSsrV.iSaturday. 'Ni^hti, ,will convey more information
concerning the amufements, : fupeifliti«asV>and' manners, of
the Scotifh; pdafentry., than ithkm'oftlopg-mihaftjjoated .detail!jj ■ a:
- ilT ik Sdofiifh la i^ n ^ e ^ l& n n d e ic dw d div^>n%vethat.ef the L@lral|tids
confiding o f the; ancient Scandinavian dia|e£i:,
Saxon ;I and.that o f t^e; H^hland'S, which islrifhi A fo'i<£be®a<mlnaliLon
o f the former, by aij unprejudiced enquirer, would evince that®fefi;be8
notoriginarte ifclely.frora the Anglo-^xoE^lf^meifoEieeive, the!mode of
fpeffiag and: pronouncing numerous’; words, being nSkhb.w'mifejffthe
fduthefniididkair^Qffliisi amon g o th e r ihftancesj may-be meattbhedthe
qu o i the: (Salddohians, an old 0 ot)^jcdmbinati®hvifor.'Vyhichl>!®|pw^^^
m w a ^ d j a ; fetter^mnd forawMch^lhef^agte^axhrismfe^i.thefp'.feas
qukat fo r w hat^A ci, jj B u t this is a o f the place for fUch, difcuffiohs ; sand
C-SAP. Illlf G h J I L t OE-,0 6 'h A PH Y.
'themfoal fpepi-pieh; which, in the mbft-
1 anpientilanguag^pf Itke L oivJamis,' ,vdbuld.'be/as hifll'^sysi j M
Uor fader .qda fe t o f t i Hcvm. 2. H a lW i t w e i i .d ^ n l nam. 3 Cum thvne Enkrifc.
'•> Be dune thyne wull as is 1 heviri fva po yerd. 3.' Uor dailie .breid g if us thilk day. 6. And
forle,t u? “ °t; . ^ ^ ’ r as we fol'leit tham quha , flcath us. 7. A n d leed us na intll temtation.
o f evil. Amen.
¥ 0 t^ ^ g ia n s ,d n iih e jp in th
1 ^ ; ‘Mcjr^fi langnjage, .t i^ recent
^^feedatfc^os. fpeak. nemarkahly ^ i f e .E.h gl.lflj, t Chamher-
i ^ p M has jg i^ p d ^ -L o 4^ * P r a y ^ ffl ’thein anciepr,/]jgfeffi: ^
fflWRWa aoim 'lh Ve'^hflune
.m o ^ a S ^ S t t t dai^iS^ 6, F irgi$'
.delivera vu»
sri^ th eB E f^ p r Iiifo, of tlje^ Highlands', „the feme fopnlfcationmuqs
^ba,*AJt^gr^5ita, ai|ijEK?apih}/jtih^?9 naamhaieheBT t Tmm. 2. T igeadh}do Uicfehaih4»
j* l^ ’uid1 ii*‘ilt jtylandKm.ir*a mthcag airtN^ffiS 4. T A h a ir dhum&,vao diu ar
y a i5^ u ^ f f i h ™ > 18 ^ “ ^® t ffi ii1ammrriiiar mftStfiffid War fuebi— fia
jpf’JzSgUB na lerg j^b&jirea'dbjIi'mU' 7. lAcfcfa<8*finnJoiC2f. j
The-Literature Qf-iScmland recompences for its ^ e c e n f origin^t by its
raBihpmirref-. and extenuve,feme. > The country, itliat produced'Bu-
chanaa ^ Jh tbejAwh; centmyAcq.vfld /n o tr inii^mjiwelfth, boafjt of^ one
J-s’xnd ,°nly natjonal vanity,, OM©£tM ignorance, ytould
cfeun fenthoxs: wifflcfo^really}. belong tto otherjtyaunlrks-: In j j i e AAth
ce‘j¥raly ’ > 'the n a tiv e ' diteratOTe fertt hegiffs ^ a d aw n whgn''ScSilan'di.
a Scmdihavian’ colony, muft -notlin{tina refpecSt
bembmnaredwith the#|f^thefn,poimtrles,f o f 'Ireland and England^ but
w$h BpaMihavia itfelf,' yylth H em and.' and the j North of Gefrtiany, 1
Pofori3^J h’r'iqffia, Ruffia, and riq n g a ry 5 inwall "which* countries ’Ghirf-
tiamty and, litetatpre are comparatively? recent.
' U it.mufl not he forgottem, that in the fecred gfound o f Hyona,
flr^ffiifge^,1 feyeral refpedabfe lrifh wr.iter§,hyho are alfo clafled among
apo|fies o f re|igioq and learning_in,Engtand-j ^ Such were Cohimba,
who ccaiVerted the northern’ Caledonian.s, -and.-ms,biographers,’ Cumiyoi*.
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