I am, Sir,
Your great admirer,
And very humble servant,
R. B.
CCXXX.
TO FRANCIS GROSE, ESQ., F.S.A.
[This letter, interesting to all who desire to see how a poet works beauty and regularity out of a vulgar tradition, was first printed by Sir Egerton Brydges, in the “Censura Literaria.”]
Dumfries, 1792.
Among the many witch stories I have heard, relating to Alloway kirk, I distinctly remember only two or three.