It is not conformable
with the rest of the dress. It is neither a broad bonnet nor a Border
bonnet; for there is an open behind, for tying, which no genuine
Border bonnet I am told ever had. It seems to have been a
Highland bonnet, worn in a flat way, like a scone on the crown,
such as is sometimes still seen in the West of Scotland. All the
limbs, from the loins to the toes, seemed perfect and entire, but
they could not bear handling. Before we got them returned again
into the grave they were shaken to pieces, except the thighs,
which continued to retain a kind of flabby form.
All his clothes that were sewed with linen yam were lying in
separate portions, the thread having rotten; but such as were
sewed with worsted remained perfectly firm and sound. Among
such a confusion, we had hard work to find out all his pockets,
and our guide supposed that, after all, we did not find above the
half of them. In his vest pocket was a long clasp-knife, very
sharp; the haft was thin, and the scales shone as if there had been
silver inside. Mr. Sc--t took it with him, and presented it to his
neighbour, Mr. R--n, of W--n L--e, who still has it in his
possession.
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