[399]. Defoe’s Hist. Union, pp. 602, 604.
[400]. Analecta, i. 218.
[401]. Mr Strang, who quotes this passage in his amusing book on the Clubs of Glasgow, states that these four gentlemen were Mr Cunninghame of Lainshaw, Mr Spiers of Elderslie, Mr Glassford of Dougalston, and Mr Ritchie of Busby—the estates here named being all purchased out of their acquired wealth.
[402]. This anecdote was related to me by Sir Walter Scott, as derived from his mother, who had received part of her education under the care of the Hon. Patrick’s widow.
[403]. [Mackie’s] Journey through Scotland, 1723, p. 194.
[404]. The Customs and Excise in England brought in respectively £1,341,559 and £947,602.
[405]. ‘Mum, a species of fat ale, brewed from wheat and bitter herbs, of which the present generation only knew the name by its occurrence in revenue acts of parliament, coupled with cider, perry, and other excisable commodities.’—The Antiquary, chap. xi.
[406]. This is partly shewn by the small sum (£431) set down in the year 1748 for ‘spirit imported.’
[407]. For the statistics of this article, the author is indebted to a manuscript volume containing an abstract of the Scottish Excise revenues, which has been kindly shewn to him by the gentleman above adverted to.
[408]. Genealogical Deduction of the Family of Rose of Kilravock, Spald. Club publication, p. 397.