CRUISES. 



it ir the world, so t>*ai ». uusegay is quite out of the ques 

 tion. Our own useful blow of roses, honeysuckle, See., is 

 coming to an end, although the Chinese and damasks will 

 give us an autumnal show. The gooseberries are ripening 

 fast, and are a larger crop than we have had for several 

 seasons. I shall retard them on your account as much as 

 I can ; but they will not keep for ever. 



" Jane Wordsworth* pays us a farewell visit to-day. 



M has gone in for her, in spite of showery weather. 



They will probably take the omnibus homewards at half- 

 *>a^t three " 



The last of Mr Wilson's fishery voyages was in the 

 autumn of this same 1850. With a constitution not alto- 

 gether nautical, and with a liability to rheumatic and pul- 

 monary affections which the progress of the years did not 

 dimmish, there was considerable self-denial in these expe- 

 ditions ; but his kind and patriotic motive enabled him to 

 set about them cheerily, and with but a slight degree of 

 self-deception he persuaded himself that they were pleasure 

 tours. As usual, he sought to enliven the home he had 

 left behind him by minute descriptive letters, and the copi- 

 ousness of such logs, often written in weariness and amidst 

 many difficulties, is very characteristic of his tender and 

 considerate nature. His old friend. Sir T. J). Lauder, was 



* X*ie poet's grand-daughter. 



