. Reminiscences of Yarrow. e to speak in. Yet old SandyCunningham, the tenant, used to say: ^linistersmay talk o heevin as they like; commend me toBowerhope; I cud tak a tack ot to a those houses, a great deal of simple but abundanthospitality was dispensed sans ceremonie, and withoutformal invitations. I have heard my father say that,having gone uninvited one day to Sundhope, theDryhope, Whitehope, and Tinnis people all likehimself dropped in by chance to dinner, and thefamily was in no way put about. A loupin-on stanewas a usual adjunct to the house, to assist the gude-wife in mo
. Reminiscences of Yarrow. e to speak in. Yet old SandyCunningham, the tenant, used to say: ^linistersmay talk o heevin as they like; commend me toBowerhope; I cud tak a tack ot to a those houses, a great deal of simple but abundanthospitality was dispensed sans ceremonie, and withoutformal invitations. I have heard my father say that,having gone uninvited one day to Sundhope, theDryhope, Whitehope, and Tinnis people all likehimself dropped in by chance to dinner, and thefamily was in no way put about. A loupin-on stanewas a usual adjunct to the house, to assist the gude-wife in mounting on a pillion behind her husbandwhen they went on horseback. The cottages. The cottages for the hinds and shepherds werelittle better than dark smoky hovels. Their wallswere alternate rows of stones and sods, their floorof earth, and their roof of coarse timber coveredwith turf and rushes. A hole in the middle or endof the roof, surrounded at the top by a wicker framewidening as it came down, plastered with a mixture. COTTAGES. 65 of straw and mud and supported by a strong beam,was the only chimney. If the rain or snow occasion-ally found entrance through this open space, itallowed of a number of persons gathering round theglowing peat-fire, and was convenient for smokinghams. A small aperture with a single pane of glass,and sometimes altogether open, and stuffed at nightwith old clothes, was the apology for a the byre might be seen on one side ofthe entrance, the family apartment, which servedalike for eating and sleeping, on the other. Withsuch limited resources, the with shelveswithin were made a receptacle for all possible oddsand ends; while, contrary to all sanitary arrange-ments, potatoes in heaps were stored beneath. Itwas quite a rare thing to have a but and bai for theexclusive use of the household. What a contrastto this state of things is the march of modern im-provement—the substantial, handsome, and com-modious houses with app
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