I have, from a friend, an anecdote illustrative of this remark, in regard to feelings exercised towards an unpopular laird.

In the neighbourhood of Banff, in Forfarshire, the seat of a very ancient branch of the Ramsays, lived a proprietor who bore the appellation of Corb, from the name of his estate.

This family has passed away, and its property merged in Banff.

The laird was intensely disliked in the neighbourhood.

Sir George Ramsay was, on the other hand, universally popular and respected.
On one occasion, Sir George, in passing a morass in his own neighbourhood, had missed the road and fallen into a bog to an alarming depth.