Eulogium on William West. 159 
rior to most I have seen, and his stalls are referred to 
as models worthy of imitation, in two respectable 
British agricultural publications. * 
Hitherto I have spoken of Mr. West only as a farmer. 
it is now necessary I should mention his merits as a 
man and a member of society. In these important cha- 
racters he acted a part no less distinguished. He was 
scrupulously exact and honourable in all his dealings, 
and possessed a delicacy of feeling, and nice sense of 
honor, which we too often see wanting in men who 
maintain a reputation in the world. He abhorred every 
thing bordering on meanness or narrowness of conduct, 
and could not refrain from expressing his disapproba- 
tion, when informed of actions that partook of either. 
No man ever possessed a fairer claim to the amiable 
title of a good neighbour, and no man took more plea- 
sure in bringing about a reconciliation between those 
families whose friendship or good understanding had 
been suspended. In the delicate and often trying situ- 
ation of a divider of estates, a duty to which he was 
often appointed to perform, he acted with a sense of 
justice that always gaye satisfactron. Whatever was 
done by him, was the result of full deliberation and 
honest impartiality, and therefore was cheerfully sub- 
mitted to, however contrary to expectation and the 
wishes of a party. His benevolence and liberality were 
alike free as prompt, and I may add disinterested in 
the highest degree. More than one farm has been pur- 
chased by his assistance, and numerous instances are 
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* Complete Grazier, and Edinburgh Farmer’s Magazine. 
