The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy
A coat o' feathers or a pair o' hairy breeks is a' the bairn's part o' gear that I ever heard o' in nature, as the fowls o' the air and the beasts o' the field can very plainly testify.--No, no, Mr. Keelevin, we're no now in a state o' nature but a state o' law, and it would be an unco thing if we did na make the best o't.