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we gave the quack again his sh———g stuff and stinking mugs, and he gave us our goods and pickles of hair, which we equaly divided betwixt us, the whole of ⟨it⟩ only came to eighteen shillings and six pence prime cost, and so we parted; I went for East Lothian, and Tom for the West; but my sorting of goods being very unsuitably for that country, I got but little or no money, which caused me to apply to the goodman for to get lodging, and it being upon a Saturday's night was hard to be found till late in the night, I prevailed to get staying in a great farmer's house, about two miles from Haddington: they were all at supper when I went in; I was ordered to sit down behind their backs, the goodwife then took a dish, went round the servants, and collected a soup out of every cog, which was sufficient to have served three men, the goodwife ordered me to be laid in the barn, all night for my bed, but the bully fac'd goodman swore he had too much stuff in it, to venture me there; the goodwife said, I should not ly within the house, for I would be o'er near the lasses bed. then the lads swore I should not go with them, for I was a forjesket like fellow, and (wha kens whether I was honest or not) he may fill his wallet wi' our cloaths and gang his wa' or day light. At last I was conducted out to the swine's sty to sleep with an old sow, and seven pigs, and there I lay for two nights. Here now I began to reflect on the sour fruits of drinking, and own all the misery just that was come upon me. In the night the young pigs came gruzeling about me very kindly, thinking I was some friend of their mother's come to visit them; they gave me but little rest always coming kissing me with their cold noses, that caused me to beat them off with my staff, which made them to make a terrible noise, so that their old mother