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154 THE SKYE.RID.
At some disrance srom the base we were met
by a clean well-cloathed youth, with a counte-
nance highly expressive of grief. " May be you
wool tell ma about this here paper. I've been to
get it at Lanthony this morning, but the man did
na tell ma about un. Pray ye tell ma how ould
I be." He then reached a slip of paper to us ;
which we found to be a certisicate of his baptism.
This he had obtained at the expence of many a
weary step, in hopes it would prove him to be
too young for drafting into the militia, army of
reser ve, or levy en majfe. This hope was fallaci-
ous : the fatal inscription told the dreaded truth,
that the Christian Church admitted him in the
year 1785. Never did features bear stronger
marks os wretchedness. " Then this is of no use
at all—but I am obliged to ye."
We enquired of an aged man in what part of
the road we were to turn towards the mountain.
He very civilly explained, but beckoned Mr.
V- aside. On that gentleman's return he
informed me, the Welshman had demanded whe-
ther I was not a Roman. <c A Roman ! what
can he mean by the quesKon ?" e< Recollect,"
said V---, " the true antient Briton porTesfes
an independent spirit, which prevents him from
admitting his country ever to have been con-
quered by that people ; he knows the English.
very partially; and theresore conceives them a
degenerate
At some disrance srom the base we were met
by a clean well-cloathed youth, with a counte-
nance highly expressive of grief. " May be you
wool tell ma about this here paper. I've been to
get it at Lanthony this morning, but the man did
na tell ma about un. Pray ye tell ma how ould
I be." He then reached a slip of paper to us ;
which we found to be a certisicate of his baptism.
This he had obtained at the expence of many a
weary step, in hopes it would prove him to be
too young for drafting into the militia, army of
reser ve, or levy en majfe. This hope was fallaci-
ous : the fatal inscription told the dreaded truth,
that the Christian Church admitted him in the
year 1785. Never did features bear stronger
marks os wretchedness. " Then this is of no use
at all—but I am obliged to ye."
We enquired of an aged man in what part of
the road we were to turn towards the mountain.
He very civilly explained, but beckoned Mr.
V- aside. On that gentleman's return he
informed me, the Welshman had demanded whe-
ther I was not a Roman. <c A Roman ! what
can he mean by the quesKon ?" e< Recollect,"
said V---, " the true antient Briton porTesfes
an independent spirit, which prevents him from
admitting his country ever to have been con-
quered by that people ; he knows the English.
very partially; and theresore conceives them a
degenerate