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⟨Those⟩ Buckers settled in a fishing town at (illegible text) ⟨called⟩ Bucky and near the river Spey, which is ⟨now⟩ a pretty large sea-town But among all ⟨the⟩ sea-towns in Scotland the fishers still retain ⟨a⟩ language quite different from the people in ⟨the⟩ country, and always they shot the letter H, ⟨and⟩ use O instead thereof, which no country-⟨people⟩ in Scotland do but themselves. There is ⟨a⟩ corruption of speech in every country over all ⟨Britain⟩, and likewise they use different tones ⟨and⟩ ways of pronouncing words from others; ⟨even⟩ some in the south of Scotland can hardly ⟨be⟩ undersrood by those in the north, tho' both ⟨pretend⟩ to speak good English, and have a liberal ⟨part⟩ of education. But since learning is now ⟨so⟩ easy to be obtained, ignorance and ⟨corruption⟩ of speech are greatly decreased.
In the county of Fire on the sea-coast, there ⟨stands⟩ a little town inhabited by few but fishers, ⟨called⟩ Buck harbour, because of sea buckies and ⟨shells⟩ to be found so plenty on the rocks about ⟨that⟩ place. There is little mention made of ⟨this⟩ town by historians to know its original ⟨extraction⟩ and antiquities, but in their own (illegible text)urges-ticket, which was partly perfect truth, ⟨but⟩ more of it by way of lampoon. This ticket ⟨was⟩ dated the thirty-second day of the month ⟨of⟩ Julius Cæsar. Their coat of arms was two ⟨hands⟩ gripping each other over a scate's rumple. ⟨Their⟩ oath was, 'I wish that de de'il may (illegible text)k me an I binna an honest man to you an
