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on which Mr. Sim son struck him to the ground by a blow 

 of his fist, for he knew no use of language but to speak 

 truth. But when his error was explained to him, he ear- 

 nestly solicited pardon of the gentleman, and peace was 

 made between them. 



" I can recollect nothing more from my mother, and am 

 now in the 92d year of my age, but still able to sign this. 

 " I am, my Lord, your humble servant, 



" JAMES C. MOORE." 



December 28, 185-1. " You may add to my former let- 

 ter the following anecdote, which was related to my son by 

 my sister. My grandfather, the Eev. Charles Moore, was 

 minister of Stirling, and resided in the Castle, and received 

 the celebrated geometrical professor on a visit ; and after 

 dinner the whole inhabitants of the Castle nocked round to 

 see the professor mount his horse, who thanked them all 

 for their kind leave-taking, and wished them all a pleasant 

 journey back to Glasgow. 



" I have the honour to remain, truly yours, 



" JAMES C. MOORE." 



The indistinct, if not inaccurate details, in Traill's Life. 

 had occasioned the mistake, now corrected, of confounding 

 the Dr. Williamson who in 1758 was appointed assistant, 

 and in 1761 successor to the professor, with his favourite 

 pupil, Dr. Williamson, afterwards chaplain at Lisbon. This 

 was pointed out in a Note to the Caldwell papers, by Col. 

 Mure, to whose learned and enlightened labours the culti- 

 vators of Greek literature are under such obligations. The 

 fact of the professor's successor having held the office till 

 1796, well justified the supposition that he must have been 

 a different person from the chaplain, who died young ; and 

 Col. M. suggested (vol. I., pt. 2, p. xv.) the possibility of 

 there having been two persons of the same name, which 

 upon inquiry turns out to be the fact. The Caldwell papers 

 are one of the most important contributions to History, and 

 particularly to Literary History, that have ever been made ; 

 and I owe to the kindness of the accomplished editor of 

 this unpublished collection, the liberty of adding one or 



