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Letters from Scotland I (1754) 26: I then had no Knowledge of the Cawdys, a very useful Black-Guard, who attend the Coffee-Houses and publick Places to go of Errands; and though they are Wretches, that in Rags lye upon the Stairs, and in the Streets at Night, yet are they often considerably trusted. Letters from Scotland I (1754) 137: ’Tis from this notion of the people, that my Countrymen, not only here, but all over Scotland, are dignified with the title of Poke Pudding, which [...] signifies a Glutton. Letters from Scotland II (1754) 298: I had always on my Journeys a Pocket-Pistol loaded with Brandy, mix’d with Juice of Lemons. Letters from Scotland I 144: Before the Union, they never presumed to ask for more than a Bodle (or the sixth Part of a Penny), but now they beg for a Baubee (or Halfpenny). Letters from Scotland I 23: A very useful Black-guard, who attends the Coffee-Houses and public Places to go on errands; though they are Wretches, that in Rags, lye upon the Stairs, and in the Street at Night, yet are often considerably trusted. Letters from Scotland I 151: When Persons of Fortune will suffer their Houses to be worse than Hog-styes, I do not see how they differ in that Particular from Hottentots. Letters from Scotland I 130: I was speaking of Provisions in this Town [...] There are two or three People, not far from the Town, who, having an Eye to our Mess, employ themselves now and then to fattening Fowls, and sometimes a Turkey, a Lamb etc. Letters from Scotland I 164: ‘Aye,’ says Sawny, who it seems was a Lover of Ale, ‘’tis true; but the De’el tak him that has the least Pint Stoup’. Letters from Scotland I 93: The same Blanket that serves them for a Mantle by day, is made a Part of their Bedding at Night, which is generally spread upon the floor: this, I think, they call a Shakedown. Letters from Scotland I 209: Your ordinary Fare has been little else beside Brochan, Cale, Stirabout, Sowings, etc.