commenced as weel as I was able tae mumle oot a lecture on the effecs o'langlyin' in the mornin' on the constitution, an' even went the length o' quotin' scripture tae her, an' askin' her if she had read abooi Joshua, lioo aften got up early in the mornin 7 when anything particular' was tae be dune, which I believed a' gaed in at the ac lug an' oot at the ither, but it had ac effec', that o' wan ken in 1 her, an' putfcin' her in mindo' the journey that lay afore us, after which she was up in a mmit. I atance, wi' her help, proceedit tae unfauld "the mony wrappers, or spiritual bandages that encased my heid, after d;>ein' which, f stappit up tae a bit glass hingin on the wa'. an' therein saw John Plod as ithew saw him wi' a 'ace as debauched an' drucken lookin' a? if I had been a confirmed bachan alian, an' the marks,o' the whup had assumed a blueish tint which made it look as if tatoo'd, an' Jenny even hinted that I bore a slicht resemblance tae TangatuhurL, the Maori. A bottle o' speerits was ordered up so that I micht bathe n^ face wi' the consents, but somehoo or ither, after I was left alane I coudna get the liquor aboon my moo dae as I liked, for by some unaceoontable, an' tae me uncontrolable means, it aye cam' in con tact wi' that portion o' my face, an' ultim ately tumbled in tae crabbie'a hole, until at last, bein' sah-ly tempted, I drank aff twa or three glasses, an' consoled mysel' by sayin' let the saw seek the sair. What a pity that oor adopted counti-y's no blessed wi' some kind angel o' the Madam Rachael stamp, tae wham I cou'd hae gaen an' got my departed beauhy restored tae me four-fauld, an' made beautiful for ever. Hooever, I was weel pleased wi' the proscription, an' I can assure ye, I applied it weel baith internally an' externally, which raised my speerits an' al leviated-my pain for the time bein'. 