He was the best piper in 's regiment at Culloden.

Gin they had a' fouchten as he pipit, there wad hae been anither tale to tell.

And he was toon-piper forby, jist like you, Sanders, efter they took frae him a' 'at he had.' 'Na! heard ye ever the like o' that! Weel, wha wad hae thocht it?
Faith! we maun hae you fiddle as weel as yer lucky-daiddy pipit .-- But here's the King o' Bashan comin' efter his butes, an' them no half dune yet!' exclaimed Dooble Sanny, settling in haste to his awl and his lingel (Fr.
ligneul).

'He'll be roarin' mair like a bull o' the country than the king o' 't.' As Robert departed, Peter Ogg came in, and as he passed the window, he heard the shoemaker averring: 'I haena risen frae my stule sin' ane o'clock; but there's a sicht to be dune to them, Mr.Ogg.' Indeed, Alexander ab Alexandro, as Mr.Innes facetiously styled him, was in more ways than one worthy of the name of Dooble.

There seemed to be two natures in the man, which all his music had not yet been able to blend..