and "Who's there?" was repeated by several voices. The reply was, "How is Mally Lindsay? I have brought a London doctor to see her; he may be able to do her good." Our visit caused great commotion within, but soon the door was opened. We found ourselves in darkness, and were nearly overcome by the volume of fetid air and tobacco smoke that met us. We had brought a taper which, when lighted, showed us that the floor was strewed with sleepers, making it difficult to find our way among them. Soon there was an attempt to stir up a smouldering fire, and the stump of a small candle which was stuck to the side of the mantelpiece was lighted, so with our taper we were able to look about us. After our errand was fully explained, the first duty was to attend to Mally's case. The doctor did this most carefully, and while doing so we were able to observe that there were two beds in the room, standing end to end across the front wall close to the two little windows. In one of them lay Mally and her daughter, in the other were a father, mother, and three children, sleeping, as we say in Scotland, "heids and thraws." The doctor had no sooner finished with Mally than there were numerous demands from all quarters, every inmate seemed to have some bodily ailment - sair heids, sair backs, sair hauns, sair legs - all had to be attended