230 THE JOURNEYMAN. 



Of the pursuits, projects, and aspirings of this period 

 we have further record in a document drawn up by 

 Miller in the spring of 1828, headed 'Things which I 

 intend doing, but many of which, experience says, shall 

 never be done.' It is too characteristic to be omitted. 



'PART FIRST. GEOMETRY, ARCHITECTURE, SCULPTURE, 

 DRAWING, ETC. 



'1. To fill a book containing from thirty to forty 

 pages with such problems of practical Geometry as are 

 of use to the architect and builder. 



' 2. To execute in the best style a complete set of 

 architectural drawings, beginning with Egyptian, and 

 ending with Gothic architecture. 



1 3. To study the proportions of the human figure 

 as exemplified in the works of the Grecian school of 

 sculpture. 



' 4. To practise cutting in stone foliage, shells, 

 Heraldic figures, the Ionic, Corinthian, and composite 

 capitals, &c. 



1 5. To fill about a dozen pages with the varieties of 

 the Roman, Italian, old English and Saxon alphabets ; 

 the letters of each to be formed in my best and neatest 

 manner, and the whole to be shown to strangers as a 

 specimen of my skill in inscription engraving. 



' 6. To make a set of drawings of such of the old 

 buildings of Ross-shire as I have taken sketches of in 

 the course of my casual peregrinations through that 

 country, such as the Tower of Fairburn, Castle Leod, 

 Craighouse, Lochslin, Balconie, Balnagown, &c. 



' 7. To make a set of drawings of the scenery of the 

 parish of Cromarty, including two views of the town, one 

 from the west, the other from the east ; two views of 



