[1] The first appearance that Coul made was to Dr. Menzies’s Servant at a Time he was watering his Master’s Horse. At some subsequent Appearance, while the Lad was about the same Business, whether Coul had done him any real Harm, or, that the Lad had fallen from his Horse thro’ Fear and Confusion, is uncertain, but so it was, that the Lad was found Dead on the Road.
[2] A Paith in Scottish signifies a steep, and oft times rugged Road.