386 MAN OF SCIENCE. 



with his two companions stands thoughtful in the midst. 

 Fancy points out the resemblance to the boy, and 

 Imagination hands him a chisel and mallet, that he may 

 imitate them in the marble. The scene symbolizes the 

 origin of sculpture. When the Princess became the 

 Landgravine, I should rather say when she became the 

 Landgrave's widow, her drawings were published with 

 a poetical description, the work of a German poetess, 

 affixed to each ; and what Mrs A. has been engaged 

 upon is a translation in the Spenserian stanza of the 

 description. It seems, as I have said, very elegant. 5 



' Inverness, Wednesday evening, 26th July, 1843. 



1 1 trust to find you quite strong and ruddy, with 

 the rounded outline of your earlier days, and quite 

 able to climb such steep slopes as that which leads from 

 the farther beech-tree to the pathway above. We shall 

 have gallant walks together, and I shall be your squire 

 and sweetheart. 



' I left Cromarty by the steamer about eleven o'clock. 

 Poor Angus carried my bag and stick to the pier, sturdily 

 refusing to give them up, though much urged. He then 

 took his place in the boat, and went out with me to the 

 vessel's side, where he attracted some notice by the 

 uncouthness of his gesticulations in bidding me farewell. 

 " What sort of a strange man is that ? " said one of the 

 passengers to me, as the boat was returning shore wards, 

 and Angus stood up swinging his arms like an ogre, and 

 shouting out, " Hugh, boy, Hugh, good-bye, boy ; " " he 

 is the strangest looking person I ever saw." " A poor 

 idiot," 1 said, " but a very attached one." The first 

 half-hour of our voyage was fine though somewhat 

 gloomy, and I enjoyed the bay as it receded, the Hill, 

 Navity Shore, and the Burn of Eathie. There then 



