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so I crossed the North Bridge, which is thrown not 

 over a river but over a part of the town, into the old 

 town, crossed High Street, passed the huge block 

 of buildings occupied by the university, plain and 

 heavy without, but the spacious court within very im- 

 posing ; and a few minutes' walk brought me to Dr. 

 Greville's residence, which looks in front upon a large 

 public square, and on the other the green fields 

 extend up almost to the house, a complete rus in 

 urbe. Dr. Greville received me very kindly, and 

 seemed well pleased to receive Dr. Torrey's letter ; 

 made many affectionate inquiries, and urged me to 

 stay with him while I remained in town. I was pre- 

 determined to decline all invitations of this kind in 

 Edinburgh, but found I could give no reasons for 

 doing so that would not seem strange. Dr. Gre- 

 ville said he well knew I should be obliged to stay 

 either with him or Dr. Graham, 1 who would never 

 let me off ; so, as I thought Dr. Greville would prove 

 the most useful and edifying acquaintance, I ac- 

 cepted his invitation and promised to send my lug- 

 gage sometime to-morrow. We set out to call on 

 Professor Graham ; walked over into the New Town, 

 the squares, rows, terraces, and crescents all very fine ; 

 called at Professor G.'s, who was as usual out ; left 

 Dr. Torrey's letter and my own card. Left to myself 

 again, after promising to meet Dr. Greville at dinner 

 at the house of a friend of his, I directed my steps to 

 the Castle, which, crowning a high cliff much like that 

 of Stirling, nearly or quite perpendicular except on 

 one side, is visible from almost every part of the 

 city. . . . Walked far away to Inverleith Terrace to 



1 Robert Graham, M. D., 1786-1845 ; professor of botany in tlie 

 University of Edinburgh. 



