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a   symbol�察  �or   reckoning�察  �from   the   pleasure   he   was   wont   to   take   in   my 

conversation�察  �which�察  �though   solid   and   edifying   in   the   main�察  �was�察  �like   a 

well´built palace�察�decorated with facetious narratives and devices�察�tending 

much to the enhancement and ornament thereof。                   And so pleased was my 

Landlord of   the Wallace in   his   replies during such   colloquies�察�that   there 

was     no   district  in   Scotland�察   �yea�察  �and    no   peculiar�察   �and�察  �as  it  were�察�

distinctive     custom     therein    practised�察    �but   was    discussed     betwixt    us�察�

insomuch�察�that those who stood by were wont to say�察�it was worth a bottle 

of ale to hear us communicate with each other。 And not a few travellers�察�

from  distant   parts�察  �as   well   as   from  the   remote   districts   of   our   kingdom�察�

were wont to mingle in the conversation�察�and to tell news that had been 

gathered in foreign lands�察�or preserved from oblivion in this our own。 

     Now I chanced to have contracted for teaching the lower classes with a 

young person called   Peter�察�or   Patrick�察�Pattieson�察�who   had been   educated 

for our Holy Kirk�察�yea�察�had�察�by the license of presbytery�察�his voice opened 

therein   as   a   preacher�察  �who delighted in the   collection of   olden   tales   and 



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legends�察�and in garnishing them with the flowers of poesy�察�whereof he was 

a vain and frivolous professor。          For he followed not the example of those 

strong poets whom I preposed to him as a pattern�察�but formed versification 

of    a  flimsy    and   modern      texture�察  �to  the   compounding        whereof     was 

necessary small   pains   and less thought。           And hence  I have chid   him  as 

being one of those who bring forward the fatal revolution prophesied by 

Mr。 Robert   Carey�察�in   his Vaticination   on   the Death of the  celebrated   Dr。 

John Donne�此�

       Now     thou   art  gone�察   �and   thy   strict  laws   will   be   Too     hard   for 

libertines   in   poetry�察  �Till   verse   ��by  thee   refined�� in   this   last   age Turn 

ballad rhyme。 

     I  had    also  disputations     with   him    touching    his   indulging    rather   a 

flowing   and   redundant   than   a   concise   and   stately   diction   in   his   prose 

exercitations。      But notwithstanding these symptoms of inferior taste�察�and 

a    humour      of   contradicting     his    betters   upon     passages     of   dubious 

construction in Latin authors�察�I did grievously lament when Peter Pattieson 

was removed from me by death�察�even as if he had been the offspring of my 

own loins。      And in respect his papers had been left in my care ��to answer 

funeral and death´bed expenses���察�I conceived myself entitled to dispose of 

one parcel thereof�察�entitled�察 �Tales of my Landlord�察─�to one cunning in the 

trade   ��as   it   is   called��   of   bookselling。 He   was   a   mirthful   man�察  �of   small 

stature�察�cunning in counterfeiting of voices�察�and in making facetious tales 

and   responses�察  �and   whom   I   have   to   laud   for   the   truth   of   his   dealings 

towards me。 

     Now�察�therefore�察�the world may see the injustice that charges me with 

incapacity to write these narratives�察�seeing�察�that though I have proved that 

I could have written them if I would�察�yet�察�not having done so�察�the censure 

will deservedly fall�察�if at all due�察�upon the memory of Mr。 Peter Pattieson�察�

whereas I must be justly entitled to the praise�察�when any is due�察�seeing that�察�

as the Dean of St。 Patrick's wittily and logically expresseth it�察�

       That without which a thing is not�察           �Is CAUSA SINE QUA NON。 

     The work�察�therefore�察�is unto me as a child is to a parent�察�in the which 

child�察  �if   it   proveth  worthy�察  �the   parent   hath  honour   and   praise�察  �but�察  �if 

otherwise�察�the disgrace will deservedly attach to itself alone。 



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     I have only further to intimate�察�that Mr。 Peter Pattieson�察�in arranging 

these   Tales   for   the   press�察  �hath   more   consulted   his   own   fancy   than   the 

accuracy   of   the   narrative�察  �nay�察  �that   he   hath   sometimes   blended   two   or 

three stories together for the mere grace of his plots。              Of which infidelity�察�

although   I   disapprove   and   enter   my   testimony   against   it�察  �yet   I   have   not 

taken   upon     me   to   correct   the   same�察  �in  respect   it   was   the   will   of   the 

deceased�察  �that   his   manuscript   should   be   submitted   to   the   press   without 

diminution      or   alteration。   A   fanciful   nicety   it   was   on   the  part   of  my 

deceased friend�察�who�察�if thinking wisely�察�ought rather to have conjured me�察�

by   all   the   tender   ties   of   our   friendship   and   common   pursuits�察  �to   have 

carefully revised�察�altered�察�and augmented�察�at my judgment and discretion。 

But the will of the dead must be scrupulously obeyed�察�even when we weep 

over    their   pertinacity   and    self´delusion。     So�察   �gentle   reader�察  �I  bid  you 

farewell�察 �recommending  you   to   such   fare   as   the   mountains   of   your   own 

country      produce�察   �and    I  will  only    farther   premise�察   �that   each    Tale   is 

preceded by  a   short   introduction�察 �mentioning the   persons   by  whom�察 �and 

the circumstances under which�察�the materials thereof were collected。 

     JEDEDIAH CLEISHBOTHAM。 

       * 



      II。         INTRODUCTION                                        to         THE 

                       BLACK                     DWARF。 



     The   ideal   being   who   is   here   presented   as   residing   in   solitude�察  �and 

haunted by a consciousness of his own deformity�察�and a suspicion of his 

being generally subjected to the scorn of his fellow´men�察�is not altogether 

imaginary。       An   individual   existed   many   years   since�察  �under   the   author's 

observation�察  �which   suggested   such   a   character。         This   poor   unfortunate 

man's name was David Ritchie�察�a native of Tweeddale。                      He was the son 

of a labourer in the slate´quarries of Stobo�察�and must have been born in the 

misshapen   form  which   he   exhibited�察  �though he   sometimes   imputed   it   to 

ill´usage when in infancy。          He was bred a brush´maker at Edinburgh�察�and 

had wandered   to several places�察�working   at   his trade�察 �from all   which he 

was chased by the disagreeable attention which his hideous singularity of 



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form and face attracted wherever he came。                 The author understood him to 

say he had even been in Dublin。 

     Tired   at   length   of   being   the   object   of   shouts�察  �laughter�察  �and   derision�察�

David   Ritchie   resolved�察  �like   a   deer   hunted   from   the   herd�察  �to   retreat   to 

some wilderness�察�where he might have the least possible communication 

with the world which scoffed at him。 He settled himself�察�with this view�察�

upon   a   patch   of   wild   moorland   at   the   bottom   of   a   bank   on   the   farm   of 

Woodhouse�察        �in   the   sequestered      vale    of  the    small    river   Manor�察    �in 

Peeblesshire。       The few people who had occasion to pass that way were 

much surprised�察�and some superstitious persons a little alarmed�察�to see so 

strange a figure as Bow'd Davie ��i。e。 Crooked David�� employed in a task�察�

for   which   he   seemed   so   totally   unfit�察  �as   that   of   erecting   a   house。 The 

cottage which he built was extremely small�察�but the walls�察�as well as those 

of a  little  garden that   surrounded   it�察 �were constructed   with   an   ambitious 

degree of solidity�察�being composed of layers of large stones and turf�察�and 

some of the corner stones were so weighty�察�as to puzzle the spectators how 

such   a   person   as   the   architect   could   possibly   have   raised   them。   In   fact�察�

David received from passengers�察�or those who came attracted by curiosity�察�

a   good   deal   of   assistance�察  �and   as   no   one   knew  how   much   aid   had   been 

given by others�察�the wonder of each individual remained undiminished。 

     The   proprietor   of   the   ground�察  �the   late   Sir   James   Naesmith�察  �baronet�察�

chanced   to   pass   this   singular   dwelling�察  �which�察  �having   been   placed   there 

without     right   or  leave    asked    or  given�察   �formed     an  exact    parallel   with 

Falstaff's simile of a ;fair house built on another's ground�察─�so that poor 

David might have lost his edifice by mistaking the property where he had 

erected it。     Of course�察�the proprietor entertained no idea of exacting such 

a forfeiture�察�but readily sanctioned the harmless encroachment。 

     The personal description of Elshender of Mucklestane´Moor has been 

generally   allowed   to   be   a   tolerably   exact   and   unexaggerated   portrait   of 

David of Manor Water。            He was not quite three feet and a half high�察�since 

he   could   stand   upright   in   the   door   of   his   mansion�察  �which   was   just   that 

height。     The following particulars concerning his figure and temper occur 

in   the   SCOTS   MAGAZINE   for   1817�察  �and   are   now   understood   to   have 

been communicated by the ingenious Mr。 Robert Chambers of Edinburgh�察�



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who has recorded with much spirit the traditions of the Good Town�察�and�察�

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