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Cromarty House, one from the old chapel, the other 

 from the green in front. One from the hill above the 

 Laigh Craig of the bay of Cromarty, another of the 

 same from the Sutor Road. One view of the Laigh 

 Craig from the wood adjoining. One of the Sinkan 

 Hillock from the Sach Craig. One of the Apple- 

 Garden from the Red Nose. One of the Murray Frith 

 from the Gallow Hill. One of the Gallow Hill from 

 the Murray Frith. One of MacArthur's Bed. One 

 from Hespy Home, and three to be taken from different 

 points in the Burn of Craighouse. 



' 8. To try how I will succeed in portrait and land- 

 scape in oil colours. 



' 9. To practise the old hand until the best judges 

 would be unable to distinguish between a piece of my 

 writing in the ancient style and a manuscript two hun- 

 dred years old. 



' 10. To make a set of drawings of all the fine wild 

 flowers and pretty coloured butterflies to be found in 

 this part of the country. 



'11. To make a piece of mosaic work of fine stones 

 found on the shores of Cromarty, or in the caves of the 

 Gallow Hill. 



f PART SECOND. LITERATURE : PROSE COMPOSITION. 



'1. I intend writing a work, humorous and de- 

 scriptive, to be entitled, " Four Years in the Life of a 

 Journeyman Mason. 3 ' 



'2, I intend writing a history of my varying 

 thoughts of men and manners, right and wrong, philo- 

 sophy and religion, from my twelfth to my twenty-sixth 

 year. 



' 3. I intend writing a description of the town and 



