FOOTNOTES:
[76] This Poem was written a short time after the publication of M’Gill’s Essay.
[77] Dr. M’Gill.
[78] John Ballantyne.
[79] Robert Aiken.
[80] Dr. Dalrymple.
[81] Mr. Russell.
[82] Mr. M’Kinlay.
[83] Mr. Moody, of Riccarton.
[84] Mr. Auld of Mauchline.
[85] Mr. Grant, of Ochiltree.
[86] Mr. Young, of Cumnock.
[87] Mr. Peebles, Ayr.
[88] Dr. Andrew Mitchell, of Monkton.
[89] Mr. Stephen Young, of Barr.
[90] Mr. George Smith, of Galston.
[91] Mr. John Shepherd, Muirkirk.
[92] Holy Willie, alias William Fisher, Elder in Mauchline.