. The laird of Logan, or, Anecdotes and tales illustrative of the wit and humour of Scotland. l spot. I have given,need I again say, much anxious and scrutinising inquiry,both in physical and political geography, and I have cometo the decided conviction, that it is in no other corner ofthe world, than just in the East Neuk o Fife.* LIFTING THE STIPEND. During the delivery of the learned discourse on the lo-cality of the scene of the first transgression, a violent gustof wind blew away the hat from its resting-place, and scat-tered the copper offerings; on which the geographical ex-positor inte
. The laird of Logan, or, Anecdotes and tales illustrative of the wit and humour of Scotland. l spot. I have given,need I again say, much anxious and scrutinising inquiry,both in physical and political geography, and I have cometo the decided conviction, that it is in no other corner ofthe world, than just in the East Neuk o Fife.* LIFTING THE STIPEND. During the delivery of the learned discourse on the lo-cality of the scene of the first transgression, a violent gustof wind blew away the hat from its resting-place, and scat-tered the copper offerings; on which the geographical ex-positor intermitted and shifted his longitude, runnini^ afterthe hat, carefully gathering up the tithes in his gentleman, who had been both an eye and ear witness,was relating the lecture and accident in a large party, whena Churchman remarked, Ay, thats a specimen o theVoluntaries. Voluntaries! replied a wit, rather aChurchman pursuing for his stipend. ? Need wo inform our Scottisli geographical readers, that the rivoiEden flowa through thta part of The Kingdom of Fife, aeit i« named f. AN AUDIBLE WITNESS. Some years ago, Lord was presiding at a circuit trial in Glasgow, where several females were, in succession,examined as witnesses. Whether it arose from their un-usual exposure in the witness box, (a square structure in thecentre of the Court Hall, elevated considerably above thefloor,) from fear of their expressions being laughed at, orfrom whatever cause, certain it is, they spoke so inau-dibly and indistinctly, that the jury, again and again, com-plained, and his lordship as often admonished them to speakout; but, notwithstanding repeated admonitions, they again and again resumed their under tone till of now reminded ; on this account, the patience of the Judge was most severelytried, and by the time the examination was finished, ho wasvisibly suppressing great irritation this juncture, theroapproached through the crowd, towards the witness box,a tall, stout fellow, w
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