Not to be Beaten.
'A. public dinner in Edinburgh had dwindled awayto two guests, an Englishman and a Highlander, who were each trying to prove tkt> superiority of their native countries. .Of course, at an argument .of this kind a Scotsman possesses, bom constant practice, overwhelming advantages. The- Highlander's logic was so good that he beat his opponent on every £oint. At last the Englishman put a poser. "You will," he said, "at least admit that England is larger in extent than Scotland?" "Certainly not," was the confident reply. ir Sou see, sir, ours is a mountain, ous, yours a flat, country. Now, if all our nills were rolled out flat we should beat you. by hundreds of square miles!"
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Otago Witness, Issue 2801, 20 November 1907, Page 91
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120Not to be Beaten. Otago Witness, Issue 2801, 20 November 1907, Page 91
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