"Come down, sir, immediately!" was the peremptory and indignant call; and on Tam being unmoved, it was repeated with still greater energy.

Tam, however, replied, looking down confidentially from his elevation, "Na, na, minister! juist ye come up wi' me.

This is a perverse generation, and faith they need us baith." It is curious to mark the sort of glimmering of sense, and even of discriminating thought, displayed by persons of this class.

As an example, take a conversation held by this same John M'Lymont, with Dr.Paul, whom he met some time after.

He seemed to have recovered his good humour, as he stopped him and said, "Sir, I would like to speer a question at ye on a subject that's troubling me." "Well, Johnnie, what is the question ?" To which he replied, "Sir, is it lawful at ony time to tell a lee ?" The minister desired to know what Johnnie himself thought upon the point.