CHAPTER IX

Manners and Social Customs--Cockburn's Sketches--The Dinner-hour--The Procession--The Viands--Drinking--Claret--Healths and Toasts--Anecdote of Duke of Buccleuch--'Rounds' of Toasts--'Sentiments'--The Dominie of Arndilly--Scott's Views of the old Customs--Decline of 'friendly' Feeling