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Mac Ready To Call
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IN the time of Sir John Macpherson's Indian government, most of his
staff consisted of Scotch gentlemen, whose names began with Mac. One of
the aides-de-camp used to call the government-house Almack's, For,
said he, if you stand in the middle of the court, and call Mac, you
will have a head popped out of every window.
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