By fa’in aff his pownie.
Aged 37 years.”
In the churchyard of Newtyle, Ruthven, Perthshire, is the following, bearing date 1771:—
“Here lies the body of Robert Small,
Who, when in life, was thick not tall;
But what’s of greater consequence,
He was endowèd with good sense.”
The following sublimely confused inscription will be found on the headstone, No. 41,242, of the Old Howff in Dundee:—
“1830.
In memory of James
and another son
and five other friends
Who died in infancy.
Erected by
James Stewart,
spirit merchant, Dundee,
and his spouse
and three other children.”