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them be so inscribed, for they were enriched from the stores of 

 his ample experience and matured reflection. His reading other- 

 wise was of wide range, his book-shelves containing good editions 

 of many of the poets, side by side with the writings of Matthew 

 Arnold, Adam Smith, Huxley, Froude, Darwin, and many of the 

 best works of a lighter vein. Possessed of a powerfully retentive 

 memory, he could quote, off-hand, without error from his favourite 

 authors, and his conversation was made additionally interesting 

 and entertaining by his ready wit. 



With Lord Lovat he was as much the personal friend as the 

 trusted servant, and with the father and grandfather of the 

 present peer he was on precisely the same terms. He was to 

 have retired on Lord Lovat's return from South Africa, and 

 ample arrangements had almost been completed to muke his 

 retiral easy and comfortable. But he died in harness ; he retired 

 early to bed on the evening of 3rd June, so as to have a good rest 

 —for he had passed some fatiguing days that week ; on the 

 following morning he was found dead — his " good rest " was to 

 be a longer one than his stricken widow and sons expected. 



One of Lord Lovat's most painful duties at the front was to- 

 break the news of Mr Dewar's death to his second son, John, 

 then and now serving with the Lovat Scouts, and fighting for 

 Queen and country. 



Mr Dewar was a native of CriefF. After serving his " time " 

 as a forester, he went for some months to the botanical gardens 

 at Washington, U.S.A. On his return he received the appoint- 

 ment of forester to Lord Digby on his Irish estates, thereafter 

 finding his way to Beaufort, where he had charge of the extensive 

 woods of the Lovat estates, a position he occupied for thirty-six 

 years. 



Mr Dewar was sixty-seven years old when he died, and it may 

 truly be said of him that he left behind him troops of sorrowing 

 friends. He possessed the best attributes of the typical Scot : 

 sterling and manly in all his dealings, frank and kindly to every- 

 one, and as modest in his bearing as he was cultured in mind and 

 in manner. 



Jas. A. Gossip. 



