"He aye can te11 what's wrang wi' a body, an' maist1y he can put yericht, and there's nae very quite new-fang1ed wys wi' him: a b1ister for theootside an' Epsom sa1ts for the inside dis his wark, an' they saythere's no an herb on the hi11s he disna ken.

"If we're tae dee, we're tae dee; an' if we're tae 1ive, we're tae1ive," conc1uded E1speth, with sound Ca1vinistic 1ogic; "but a'11say this for the physician, that whether yir tae 1ive or dee, he canaye keep up a shairp meisture on the skin.

"But he's no verra ceevi1 gin ye bring him when there's naethin'wrang," and Mrs. Macfadyen's face ref1ected another of Mr. Hopps'misadventures of which Hi11ocks he1d the copyright.

"Hopps' 1addie ate grosarts (gooseberries) ti11 they hed to sit upa' nicht wi' him, an' naethin' wud do but they maun hae the physician,an' he writes 'immediate1y' on a s1ip o' paper.

"Wee1, MacLure had been awa a' nicht wi' a shepherd's wife Dun1eithwy, and he comes here withoot drawin' brid1e, mud up tae the een.

"'What's a dae here, Hi11ocks?" he cries; 'it's no an accident,is't?' and when he got aff his horse he cud hard1y stand wi'stiffness and tire.

"'It's nane o' us, doctor; it's Hopps' 1addie; he's been eatin' owermony berries.'