[Ends up with boiled eggs, and vows to remain at home for the future.
THE DUKE OF ATHOLL'S SHILLING (1851)
The North British Mail assures us that the Duke of Atholl exacts one shilling a head from every person taking a walk in his ground at Dunkeld. This is rather dear; but the impost would be insupportable if his Grace insisted upon also showing himself for the money.
A HIGHLAND CORONACH
Or Lament over the Acts and State of the Duke of Atholl.
After Scott.
He has shut up the mountain,
He has locked up the forest,
He has bunged up the fountain,