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 abridgement of a work was allowed, which was only cutting the horns and tail off the cow.---JohnSon. "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 myfelf faw another waiter put a lump of fugar with his fingers into Dr. Johnson's lemonade, for which he called him "Rafcal!" 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 History of Mufic 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. Some 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 (said 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,

as

as if he could not entertain you. To an infe rior, it is oppreffive; to a fuperior, 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 smiled and said, "It is true, Sir. Tom Tyers (for so he familiarly called our ingenious friend, who, fince his death, has paid a biographical tribute to his memory) Tom Tyers defcribed me the beft. He once faid to me, Sir, you are like a ghost. You never speak till you are spo'ken to."

Saturday, 21ft Auguft.

Neither the Rev. Mr. Nifbet, the established minister, nor the Rev. Mr. Spooner, the epifcopal minifter, were in town. Before breakfast, we went and saw 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 houses are built with their ends to the ftreet, 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 spot, and there is a fine walk to it. It is really an elegant building, both within and

without. The organ is adorned with green and gold. Dr. Johnson gave a fhilling extraordinary to the clerk, faying, "He belongs to an honeft church." I put him in mind, that episcopals were but diffenters here; they were only tolerated. "Sir (faid he) we are here, as Chriftians in Turkey." Dr. Johnfon went into an apothecary's, and ordered fome medicine for himself, and wrote the prescription 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. Johnson 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 Joseph, with the following note:

"My dear Lord,

Montrofe, 21 Auguft.

"THUS far I am come with Mr. Samuel Johnson. We must be at Aberdeen to-night. I know you do not admire him so 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, precision 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 Johnfon,"

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 sent forward my fervant, 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 so divested, fo denuded of trees.

We stopped at Laurence Kirk, where our great grammarian, Ruddiman, was once schoolmafter. We refpectfully remembered that excellent man and eminent fcholar, by whose labours a knowledge of the Latin language will be preserved in Scotland, if it fhall be preserved at all. Lord Gardenston, 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 Gardenston is the proprietor of Laurence Kirk, and has encou

raged

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 ufeful precepts ftrongly expreffed. The village feemed to be irregularly built, fome of the houfes being of clay, fome of brick, and fome of brick and ftone. Dr. Johnfon 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 anfwer, "that he would not come to a ftranger." I then gave my name, and he came. I remonftrated to him for not coming to a stranger; and, by presenting him to Dr. Johnson, proved to him what a ftranger 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 ftranger who fent for him; and he found him a little-worth person!"

Dr. Johnfon 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 praifed the defign, but wished there had been more books, and thofe better chofen.

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