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"Yes, it was for that purpose he came over to see me, to help my memory to what was the truth; for fear I should hae sworn wrang, which wad hae hae been a great sin, ye ken."
"Yes, it would so. I thought that would be the way. You may now go on with your questions regularly, Mr Wood."
"Are you quite conscious, now, that those things he brought to your remembrance were actually the truth?"
"No."
"Are you conscious they were not the truth?"
Yes, at leastsome of them I'm sure were not.
"Please to condescend on one instance".
He says he has markit on his buik, that the crookit houm, that lies at he back of the wood, ye ken grew peas in the 96 and corn in the 97; now it is unco queer that he should hae setten't down wrang, for the houm was really and truly aits boith the year's."
"It is a long time since; perhaps your memory my be at fault?"
"If my master had not chance to mention it I could not have been sure; but he set me a-calculating & comparing, my mother & me have been consultin abuot it & have fairly settled it.
"And you are quite positive it was
