MRS CHALMERS. Zi5 



and decided Christianity. May she be the blessing and 

 the joy of all around her ! May her light shine while she 

 lives, and when she dies may it prove to be a mere step, 

 a transition in her march to a joyful eternity ! ; And now 

 (alas for us that it should be so !) their place knows them 

 no longer. If we require to write again, I will let you 

 know how the family continue ; but I suppose you will 

 be bending your steps homewards soon." 



TO HIS DAUGHTER. 



" Lairg, Sutherlandshire, 

 26th Mar, 1850. 



" 1 presume this is likely to find you at "Woodville, after 

 vour wanderings over many lands. 



'• On Thursday morning we started from this on an 

 exploratory voyage to the head of Loch Shin, about twenty 

 miles from Lairg, and all the way by water. We took 

 only one man, known to — — as 'The Professor.' He 

 was for some years a gentleman's servant in the south, 

 and speaks the highest English in the world. Gaelic is 

 nis mother tongue, but he won't speak it before us 

 if he can help it ; and even then I think he speaks 

 broke 1 .! Gaelic, as if he had only picked up a few words 

 during a casual 'tower' in the Highlands. But we find 

 him a most handy, obliging person, for he not only rows 

 us all day, but sorts our things in the evening, waits upon 



