INTRODUCTION. Vll 



which such a study is so well calculated to afford. 

 Though several occasions offered of settling upon 

 a college living, he could never persuade himself 

 to quit the beloved spot, which was indeed a pe- 

 culiarly happy situation for an observer. Thus 

 his days passed tranquil and serene, with scarcely 

 any other vicissitudes than those of the seasons, 

 till they closed at a mature age> on June 26, 

 1793." 



JARDINE HALL, August, 1829. 



