work by heart, he might print it, as by fuch an act the mind is exercifed.-Johnson. "No, Sir; a man's repeating it no more makes it his property, than a man may fell a cow which he drives home."-I faid, printing an abridge-. ment of a work was allowed, which was only cutting the horns and tail off the cow.-Johnfon. No, Sir; 'tis making the cow have a calf."

About eleven at night we arrived at Montrofe. We found but a forry inn, where I myself saw another waiter put a lump of sugar with his fingers into Dr. Johnfon's lemonade, for which he called him "Rascal!" It put me in great glee that our landlord was an Englishman. I rallied the Doctor upon this, and he grew quiet. Both Sir John Hawkins's and Dr. Burney's Hiftory of Mufick had then been advertised. I asked if this was not unlucky? Would not they hurt one another?-Johnson. "No, Sir. They will do good to one another. Soine will buy the one, fome the other, and compare them; and fo a talk is made about a thing, and the books are fold."

He was angry at me for propofing to carry lemons with us to Sky, that he might be fure to have his lemonade. " Sir (faid he) I do not wish to be thought that feeble man who cannot do without any thing. Sir, it is very bad manners to carry provifions to any man's house,

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as if he could not entertain you. To an inferiour, it is oppreffive; to a fuperiour, it is infolent."

Having taken the liberty, this evening, to remark to Dr. Johnson, that he very often fat quite filent for a long time, even when in company with only a single friend, which I myself had sometimes fadly experienced, he fmiled and faid, "It is true, Sir. Tom Tyers (for fo he familiarly called our ingenious friend, who, fince his death, has paid a biographical tribute to his memory) Tom Tyers defcribed me the best. He once faid to me, Sir, you are like a ghost. You never speak till you are spoken to."

Saturday, 21st August.

Neither the Rev. Mr. Nifbėt, the established minister, nor the Rev. Mr. Spooner, the epifcopal minifter, were in town. Before breakfast, we went and faw the town-hall, where is a good dancing-room, and other rooms for tea-drinking, The appearance of the town from it is very well, only many of the houfes are built with their ends to the street, which looks aukward, When we came down from it, I met Mr. Gleg, the merchant here. He went with us to fee the English chapel. It is fituated on a pretty dry fpot, and there is a fine walk to it. It is really an elegant building, both within and

without.

without. The organ is adorned with green and gold. Dr. Johnson gave a fhilling extraordinary to the clerk, saying, "He belongs to an honeft church." I put him in mind, that epifcopals were but diffenters here; they were only tolerated. "Sir (faid he) we are here, as Christians in Turkey." Dr. Johnson went into an apothecary's, and ordered fome medicine for himself, and wrote the prefcription in technical characters. The boy took him for a physician.

I doubted much which road to take, whether to go by the coaft, or by Laurence Kirk and Monboddo. I knew Lord Monboddo and Dr. Johnfon did not love each other; yet I was unwilling not to vifit his lordship; and was alfo curious to fee them together*. I mentioned it to Dr. Johnson, who faid, "He would go two miles out of his way to fee Lord Monboddo." I therefore fent forward Jofeph, with the following note:

My dear Lord,

Montrofe, 21 August. "THUS far I am come with Mr. Samuel Johnson. We must be at Aberdeen to-night. I know you do not admire him fo much as I do; but I cannot be in this country without making

* There were several points of fimilarity between them; learning, clearness of head, precifion of speech, and a love of research on many fubjects which people in general do not investigate. Foote paid Lord Monboddo the compliment of faying, that he was "an Elzevir edition of Johnson."

making you a bow at your old place, as I do not know if I may again have an opportunity of feeing Monboddo. Befides, Mr. Johnson fays, he would go two miles out of his way to fee Lord Monboddo. I have fent forward my servant, that we may know if your lordship be at home. I am ever, my dear lord,

Moft fincerely your's."

As we travelled onwards from Montrofe, we had the Grampion hills in our view, and fome good land around us, but clear of trees and hedges. Dr. Johnfon has faid ludicrously, in his "Journey," that the hedges were of ftone; for, inftead of the verdant thorn to refresh the eye, we found the bare wall or dike interfecting the profpect. He obferved, that it was wonderful to fee a country fo divefted, fo denuded of

trees.

We stopped at Laurence Kirk, where our great grammarian, Ruddiman, was once schoolmaster. We refpectfully remembered that excellent man and eminent fcholar, by whofe labours a knowledge of the Latin language will be preferved in Scotland, if it fhall be preserved at all. Lord Gardenfton, one of our judges, collected money to raise a monument to him at this place, which I hope will be well executed. I know my father gave five guineas towards it. Lord Gardenfton is the proprietor of Laurence Kirk, and has encou

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raged the building of a manufacturing village, of which he is exceedingly fond, and has written a pamphlet upon it, as if he had founded Thebes; in which, however, there are many useful precepts ftrongly expreffed. The village feemed to be irregularly built, fome of the houses being of clay, fome of brick, and fome of brick and stone. Dr. Johnson obferved, they thatched well here.

I was a little acquainted with Mr. Forbes, the minifter of the parish. I fent to inform him that a gentleman defired to fee him. He returned for answer, "that he would not come to a stranger." I then gave my name, and he came. I remonftrated to him for not coming to a stranger; and, by prefenting him to Dr. Johnfon, proved to him what a stranger might fometimes be. His Bible inculcates" be not forgetful to entertain ftrangers," and mentions the fame motive. He defended himself by faying, "He had once come to a stranger who fent for him; and he found him a little-worth person!"

Dr. Johnson infifted on stopping at the inn, as I told him that Lord Gardenfton had furnished it with a collection of books, that travellers might have entertainment for the mind, as well as the body. He praised the defign, but wifhed there had been more books, and those better chofen.

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