MEMOIR. 



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I was seized with a considerable degree of 

 fever, and in the morning my face, and 

 the parts of my body which had been ex- 

 posed to the sun, became considerably red 

 and swollen. 



About a twelvemonth afterwards, I re- 

 ceived an invitation by letter from a school 

 chum, to visit him at his father's, who lived 

 in Galloway, about 31 miles from Dum- 

 fries. I showed this letter to Mr. Chap- 

 man, and requested money from him, to 

 enable me to make the visit. He most 

 properly refused to give any, upon the 

 ground, that the invitation had proceeded 

 only from a boy. I thought differently, 

 however, and, taking advantage of his ab- 

 sence, began my journey two days after, 

 without a halfpenny in my pocket, and 

 with no other clothes than I wore, as I had 

 determined to return to Dumfries the fol- 

 lowing day. My friend's father, whose 

 name was Macmurdo, had lived many years 



