I am quite certain that there was an originality, a dry and humorous mode of viewing persons and events, quite _peculiar_ to the older Scottish characters.

And I am equally certain, that their peculiar humour can only be exhibited in examples.

From the late Mr.
Erskine of Linlathan I received the following:--Mr.Erskine recollected an old housekeeper at Airth, who belonged to this class of character.

A speech of this Mrs.Henderson was preserved in the family as having been made by her at the time of the execution of Louis XVI.

in 1793.