. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. lish laws, he had nothing to do. Heperformed all his journeys between Edinburgh andLondon on horseback, with a single servant at-tending him. A carnage, a vehicle that was notin common use among the ancients, he consideredas an effeminate conveyance; to be dragged at thetails of Iiorses, instead of being mounted on theirbacks, seemed in his eyes to be a ludicrous degra-dation of the genuine dignity of human his return from his last visit, he became veryill on th
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. lish laws, he had nothing to do. Heperformed all his journeys between Edinburgh andLondon on horseback, with a single servant at-tending him. A carnage, a vehicle that was notin common use among the ancients, he consideredas an effeminate conveyance; to be dragged at thetails of Iiorses, instead of being mounted on theirbacks, seemed in his eyes to be a ludicrous degra-dation of the genuine dignity of human his return from his last visit, he became veryill on the road, and unable to proceed, when, for-tunately, he was overtaken by his friend, Sir JohnPringle, who prevailed upon him to travel the re-mainder of the stage in a carriage. Next day,however, he resumed his journey on horseback,and got safe to Edinburgh, though he was obligedto proceed .iomewhat slowly. While in Londonlie often went to court, and the king is said tohave taken pleasure in his conversation. He diedat Edinburgh, May 26, 1799, at the advanced ageof 85. The following is a portrait of Lord Monboddoby Kay:. In spite of his eccentricities, Lord Monboddcwas a man of real learning and ability, an acutelawyer, and an upright judge. He did not gener-ally assent to the decisions of his colleagues. Onthe contrary, he was often in the minority, andnot unfrequently stood alone, and more than oncehad the gratification of having his decision con-firmed in the House of Peers, when it was directlyopposed to the unanimous opinion of his in his ofBcial capacity many peculiaritiesmarked his lordships conduct. Amongst thesewas his never sitting on the bench with the otherjudges, but underneath with the clerks ; but thoughthis practice was said to have been owing to thecircumstance of their lordships having on one oc-casion decerned against him, in a case when hewas pursuer for the value of a horse, and in whichhe pleaded his own cause at the bar, the dealnessunder whic
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