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remembrance ! The ' great magician,' he who so devotedly 

 loved the Tweed, that even in the valley of the shadow of 

 death its murmuring was music to his ears, where was he ? 

 That mighty minstrel, whose eye had so often delighted 

 in those varying lights and shadows which my feeble 

 vision still saw adorning the green mountains in un- 

 diminished glory, was now in the ' narrow house.' This 

 very day, amid all the pomp and proud emblazonry of 

 the so-called tournament, how few will think of him 

 whose creative genius brought to life and light the little 

 that we know and feel of knightly prowess ! Sir Walter 

 has been much in my mind since I came here ; and every 

 beautiful hill or graceful bend in the river that I see 

 brings him to my remembrance ; for I know how every 

 feature of the Tweed was a part almost of himself. Our 

 present intention is to be home on Tuesday before dinner ; 

 but don't be uneasy. We may write again. Adieu, be- 

 loved." 



The summer of 1841 was devoted to a somewhat ex- 

 tensive exploration of the Scottish coasts and islands, in 

 the company of Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, and on board 

 the government cutter, the Princess Royal. The voyage 

 lasted nearly a hundred days, that is, from the 17th of 

 June till the 12th of September, and, as usual, its inci- 

 dents were reported in long and lively letters home. On 



