Describing the first part of a tour through England, Scotland, Ireland and North America, undertaken to settle a bet with Count Bender (traveling as a fiddler in France, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland and the Netherlands) concerning the relative hospitality of different nations.

Variously signed: The Scotch piper (p. 9, 23), The piper (p. 13), and The wandering piper (p. 46, 48).

Copyright 1833 by H.J. Little.

Two states of gathering 3 noted in NUC pre-1956. One lacks the signature to letter III ("The Scotch piper") and the words "For the Dublin evening packet" at the head of letter IV, both present in the other state.

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