4 OCTOBER 1884, Page 15

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sta,—The following is

a copy of an epitaph on an old tomb- stone in the neighbourhood of Montrose :— "Here lies the Smith—to wit—Tam Gouk, His Father, and his Mither, Wi' Tam, and Jock, and Joan, and Noll, And a' the Gouks thegither. When on the yird Tam and his wife Gleed desprate ill wi' ither, But noo, without e'en din or strife, They tak' their Nap thegither."

—I am, Sir, Sx., A. D.