And thus did I first become aware of the difference of races and their antipathy to each other.
'Bow to the storm, and it shall pass over you.' I held my peace, and silently submitted to the superiority of the Scotch--_in numbers_.

This was enough; from an object of persecution I soon became one of patronage, especially amongst the champions of the class.

'The English,' said the blear-eyed lad, 'though a wee bit behind the Scotch in strength and fortitude, are nae to be sneezed at, being far ahead of the Irish, to say nothing of the French, a pack of cowardly scoundrels.

And with regard to the English country, it is na Scotland, it is true, but it has its gude properties; and, though there is ne'er a haggis in a' the land, there's an unco deal o' gowd and siller.

I respect England, for I have an auntie married there.' The Scotch are certainly a most pugnacious people; their whole history proves it.