Sylvester Douglas to James Beattie from London Particularly necessary since he went ot the Bar to discover and correct provincial peculiarities of phrase and pronunciation in his own speech. Has made a catalogue of Scoticisms, and put it in a systematic form when he was unwell in the spring. Hume's list subsequently suppressed, and contained several mistakes. Douglas is thinking of writing on it and is glad that Beattie approves. Beattie's list of Scoticisms contains things that had not occurred to Douglas 29 October 1777