^{page 99 note *} Born in the end of the eighteenth century, he was wont to tell of a family incident which connected him with its beginning. His grandfather was in the Porteous mob. Disguised in his wife's clothes, this ancestor took his share in the business transacted in the Grassmarket on that memorable night, came home before dawn, resumed his male attire, went down to Leith, took ship, and never was heard of more.