What Mr Fraser says as to their facetiæ--including that of _Paddy from Cork_--being found in the facetiæ of almost every country in Europe, may be true--as Motherwell also states in almost the same words; but Mr Fraser does not contend for originality in the incidents, if the composition be imbued with the national spirit and adapted to the manner of thought and language of Scotchmen. _George Buchanan_ is thoroughly Scotch in spirit, and its language is such as an ordinary Scotchman of common education would use in writing of events that happened out of Scotland, and where the use of his native dialect was inappropriate. The same may be said--of the language only--of _Paddy from Cork_, which Mr Fraser places under the third head, and we see no improbability in the composition of both tracts being Graham’s. Mr Fraser seems to forget that Dougal could write in other styles than that of _Jockie and Maggie_--that, no doubt, is his best--but his preface to the third edition of his History, _Turnimspike_, &c., and his denunciations of the Papists, display a versatility as to style which makes it difficult to except almost anything in chap literature from his authorship. _Leper the Tailor_, Part II. (as has been already observed), the only first edition in Motherwell’s list, bears date 1779; and on the 20th July, of that year, Dougal died (if the date of his birth given be correct) at the age of 55,[C] and while his literary powers were in unabated vigour. The cause of his death is not recorded, and no obituary of him appeared in any of the local papers of the time; but an elegy “On the much-lamented Death of the Witty Poet and Bellman,” from the pen of some unknown admirer, has been preserved. We quote two stanzas which bear contemporary evidence to his humanity and wit: “Ye mothers fond! Oh! be not _blate_ To mourn poor Dougal’s hapless fate; Oft times, you know, he did you get Your wandered _weans_; To find them out both _air_ and late He spared no pains.” “Of witty jokes he had such store, Johnson could not have pleased you more; Or, with loud laughter, made you roar As he could do; He still had something ne’er before Exposed to view.”