[165] Rev. A.K.H. Boyd.
[166] I believe the lady was Mrs. Murray Keith of Ravelston, with whom Sir Walter had in early life much intercourse.
[167] Disputing or bandying words backwards and forwards.
[168] In Scotland the remains of the deceased person is called the "corp."
[169] Laudanum and calomel.
[170] Read from the same book.
[171] Sorely kept under by the turkey-cock.
[172] Close the doors. The old woman was lying in a "box-bed." See Life of Robert Chambers, p. 12.
[173] Empty pocket.
[174] A cough.