The Scotch made it their own, though a few Dutch, English, and other foreigners were allowed to remain on sufferance.

Now unhappily the place is almost deserted, and Burns himself would hardly find a welcome there.

In the Free State every resident may be commandeered, and I believe forty-eight hours counts as "residence." You see the advantage of an extended franchise.

The penalty for escape is confiscation of property, and five years' imprisonment or L500 fine, if caught.

The few British who remained have had all their horses, carts, and supplies taken.