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CHAPTER XXX. 



THE MISUNDERSTANDINGS UNDER WHICH JOHN LIVED. 



Penalties for social deflection from one's neighbours ; the need of being 

 interpreted to them : reasons for the common misunderstandings of John ; 

 his eccentricities ; his good temper under attack ; counted a madman by 

 schoolboys ; scepticism regarding his acquirements ; his consistency in 

 nomenclature tested by youngsters ; his relations to the bucolic "Johnnie 

 Raws " : the berriless juniper bush and the ploughmen ; John prophesies 

 berries for it ; berries produced but once ; his delight at the experiment : 

 depreciated by many who should have known better ; accused of idling 

 his time; "what's the use of it? " ; the utilitarianism of Aberdeenshire ; 

 John's answer once to this question ; it should be asked on a higher 

 level. 



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CHAPTER XXXI. 



HIS DISCIPLES AND SYMPATHISERS AT DROUGHSBURN. 



His influence over others ; his disciples : John Taylor, the ploughman ; visits 

 John and begins Botany ; his botanical studies with John ; his later 

 knowledge of Botany ; his other studies ; his after life : William Deans, 

 farm-servant ; goes to college ; becomes a teacher ; introduced to Botany ; 

 makes John's acquaintance at Alford market ; his first visit to the weaving 

 shop ; his after studies under John ; his present position : Samson, the 

 Swede ; comes to learn farming ; introduced to John ; studies plants with 

 him ; his subsequent history : Dr. Williams visits Droughsburn ; his 

 impressions of the place and the man : Rev. George Williams gets plants 

 described by John ; his visits to John's cottage ; their conversations there 

 on insects, plants, weavers and ministers : Rev. David Beattie's visits to 

 John and his impressions of him. 



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CHAPTER XXXII. 



HIS VISITS TO ABERDEEN FRIENDSHIP AND ECCENTRICITY. 



Visits Aberdeen regularly; growth of the city; visits to'Raeden : visits to 

 James Black ; their early journeys about Tough ; John's appearance in 

 town, and its effects; John's search for "Jamie Black"; James carries 

 one of John's bundles ; James martyrised in a shop window : last meeting 

 of John with Charles Black ; he becomes beatified ; their talk and parting : 

 John consents to be photographed ; preparations for the event ; he refuses 

 to stand ; successfully taken ; portraits of him : International Botanical 



