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These in due season from the tree we take,
And with the press, the choicest cyder make.
Nor must we here forget the currant-bush,
In hedges set, which with red berries blush.
On prickly shrubs the gooseberries appear,
Large as the walnut, like the silver clear:
Of them, just as of currants, here you find
Some black, some white, the red and yellow kind.
Each lofty tree here in abundance bears
The best of bergamots, and other pears.
The balmy plums you may in order view,
In taste and shape, of various kinds and hue;
Who yield in relish unto none we know,
That in more southern climes are wont to grow.
The apricots, the guins and cherries here,
Of sundry kinds, which their own standards bear,
Have fragrant taste, and various colours wear[1].
And with the press, the choicest cyder make.
Nor must we here forget the currant-bush,
In hedges set, which with red berries blush.
On prickly shrubs the gooseberries appear,
Large as the walnut, like the silver clear:
Of them, just as of currants, here you find
Some black, some white, the red and yellow kind.
Each lofty tree here in abundance bears
The best of bergamots, and other pears.
The balmy plums you may in order view,
In taste and shape, of various kinds and hue;
Who yield in relish unto none we know,
That in more southern climes are wont to grow.
The apricots, the guins and cherries here,
Of sundry kinds, which their own standards bear,
Have fragrant taste, and various colours wear[1].
Page 67. v. 729. Defoe in his "Caledonia," thus mentions the family of Hamilton:
The Hamiltons, of old allied to fame,
Illustrious in blood, and more in name:
In ancient wars, ere other lines begun,
These had a length of towering fortunes run[2].
Illustrious in blood, and more in name:
In ancient wars, ere other lines begun,
These had a length of towering fortunes run[2].
P. 73. v. 861. The following description of the Scotish bison occurs in Bellenden's Boece:
"In this wod (Calidon) wes sum tyme quhit bullis, with crisp and curland mane, like feirs lionis; and
