Friend Mac Donald. O'Rell Max

Friend Mac Donald

in Scotland. – Five hours' Rest. – The Gong and its Effects. – Fresh as Larks. – Iron Stomachs.

Scotchmen still drink hard; but where are the joyous days when the Scotch host broke the glasses off at the stem, so that his guests should drink nothing but bumpers?

Scotchmen still drink hard; but where are the good old times, when it was thought a slight to your host to go to bed without the help of a couple of servants?

Scotchmen still drink hard; but where is the time when people recommended a protégé, who was a candidate for a vacant post, by adding at the foot of his petition, "He is a trustworthy man – capable, hard-working, and a fine drinker"?

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1

I mean "the people." As for the higher classes, their manners and dress are perfectly English; they only differ in their political and religious opinions.

2

I trust to the intelligence of the reader to distinguish here between the well-bred Scot and his humbler brethren.

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1

I mean "the people." As for the higher classes, their manners and dress are perfectly English; they only differ in their political and religious opinions.

2

I trust to the intelligence of the reader to distinguish here between the well-bred Scot and his humbler brethren.

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