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of all the Hybrides or Western Isles of Scotland,' by M. Martin, 

 Gent. If we are to believe both accounts, the inhabitants had 

 grievously degenerated in civilisation since Mr Martin's visit, as 

 the summary of contents will suffice to show, announcing an ac- 

 count of " their genius for poetry, music, and dancing ; their sur- 

 prising dexterity in climbing the rocks and walls of houses ; diver- 

 sions, habit, good language, diseases and methods of cure, their 

 extensive charity, their contempt of gold and silver as below the 

 dignity of human nature, their religious ceremonies, notions of 

 spirits and visions, &c. &c." For notices of more recent visits to 

 St Kilda, see ' The Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland,' by 

 John Macculloch, 1824, vol. ii. p. 168 ; and 'A Voyage Eound the 

 Coast of Scotland and the Isles,' by James Wilson, 1847, vol. ii. 



XIV. (p. 130.) 



The accuracy of this sketch of social and political life will not 

 be obvious to those whose knowledge of the country is limited to 

 the Denmark of the present day. That the leaders of Danish 

 society pay an extreme homage to Court decorations and etiquette 

 is generally believed; but we are not accustomed in the present 

 generation to think of their king as absolute and irresponsible; 

 but so he was towards the conclusion of the eighteenth century. 

 The term used by the author to estimate his capacity for personal 

 government is strong, but it only concurs with the evidence we 

 otherwise have of the intellectual condition of King Christian VII. 

 The whole will be found in harmony with several letters from 

 Denmark printed in ' Memoirs and Correspondence of Sir Robert 

 Murray Keith, K.B., Envoy Extraordinary and Minister plenipo- 

 tentiary at the Courts of Dresden, Copenhagen, and Vienna, from 

 1769 to 1792,' 2 vols. 8vo, 1849. Sir Eobert was British am- 

 bassador to Denmark during the affair of Count Struensee ; and 

 his correspondence gives much light on this and on other matters 

 referred to in the text as events of recent occurrence. 



XV. (p. 226). 



He " passed advocate " on 1st June 1800. To " be called to the 

 bar " is not the technical expression in Scotland. The reception 

 into the profession was, and still is, of the old academic character. 



