Traveller Phil Inquire

I am a traveller, who has come to this part of the country to gratify a laudable curiosity, by viewing the natural and artificial curiosities of the place. I am a lover of my country, and a friend to the human race. I am, Sir, your humble servant, Phil. Inquire. To Mr. John Scott, in the village of B. The following is a specimen of the manner in which the above question is answered in the provincial dialect:--Wha are ye? I am a chap, that has come to this part o' the country, to see the natural and the artifishal curiosities o' the place. I am a lover o' my country, and a friend to a' the human species. I am, Sir, your humble servant, Phil.