250 Fou7'-in-Hand in Britain. 



kind of minister, one who works much and preaches 

 little. There is room for more of his kind. 



It is to Dumfries we are also indebted for the steam- 

 ship, as far as Britain's share in that crowning triumph 

 is concerned, for, upon Dalwinston Lake, Miller used 

 the first paddles turned by steam. The great magician 

 also has waved his wand over this district. Ellangowan 

 Castle, Dirk Hatteraick's Cave, and even Old Mortality 

 himself are all of Dumfries ; and as for Burns, there is 

 more of his best work there than anywhere else, and 

 there he lies at rest with the thistle waving over him, fit 

 mourner for Scotland's greatest son, and of all others 

 the one he would have chosen. How he loved it! 

 Think of his lines about the emblem dear, written while 

 still a boy. 



I v/anted to stay a week in Dumfries, and I deemed 

 myself fortunate to be able to spend Sunday there. Two 

 Dunfermline gentlemen now resident there, Messrs. R. 

 and A., were kind enough to call upon us and offer their 

 services. This was thoughtful and pleased me much. 

 Accordingly on Sunday morning we started with Mr. R. 

 and did the town, Maxwelton Braes, Burns's house, and 

 last his grave. None of us had ever been there before, 

 and we were glad to make the pilgrimage. Horace 

 Greeley (how he did worship Burns !) has truly said that 

 of the thousands who yearly visit Shakespeare's birth- 

 place, most are content to engrave their names with a 

 diamond upon the glass, but few indeed leave the rest- 



