\"Thoughlame，hewasnimble，andallroughandalivewithpower；
hadyoumethimanywhereelse，youwouldsayhewasaLiddesdalestorefarmer，comeofgentleblood——\'astout，bluntcarle，\'ashesaysofhimself，withtheswingandstrideandtheeyeofamanofthehills——alarge，sunny，out-of-doorairallabouthim。Onhisbroadandstoopingshoulderswassetthatheadwhich，withShakespeare\'sandBonaparte\'s，isthebestknowninalltheworld。\"
Scottwasthenlivingin39CastleStreet。Idonotknowwhetherthemanypilgrims，whomonemeetsmovingconstantlyinthedirectionofMelroseandAbbotsford，havethoughtofmakingpilgrimagetoCastleStreet，andtothegrave，there，ofScott\'s\"dearoldfriend，\"——hisdogCamp。OfDr。Brown\'sschoolboydays，oneknowslittle——dayswhen\"BobAinslieandIwerecomingupInfirmaryStreetfromtheHighSchool，ourheadstogether，andourarmsintertwisted，asonlyloversandboysknowhoworwhy。\"
Concerningthedoctor\'scharacter，hehasleftitonrecordthathelikedadog-fight。\"\'Adog-fight，\'shoutedBob，andwasoff，andsowasI，bothofusallhot，prayingthatitmightnotbeoverbeforewewereup……Dogslikefighting；oldIsaacWatts，notWaltonsaysthey\'delight\'init，andforthebestofallreasons；
andboysarenotcruelbecausetheyliketoseethefight。Thisisaverydifferentthingfromaloveofmakingdogsfight。\"Andthiswasthemostfamousofalldog-fights——sincetheoldIrishBrehonssettledthelawsofthatsport，andgravelydecidedwhatwastobedoneifachildinterfered，oranidiot，orawoman，oraone-eyedman——forthiswasthedog-fightinwhichRabfirstwasintroducedtohishistorian。