MEMOIR OF DR WRIGHT. 47 



incut to Dr Wright to take up his abode among his 

 friends in Perthshire, his brother had, some time be- 

 fore his arrival, erected a house for him, which was al- 

 ways known in the neighbourhood as " Dr Wright's 

 house."' To insure its fitness in point of warmth and 

 comfort for the reception of a visitor from the torrid 

 zone, Mr James Wright and his family had removed 

 into it, leaving their own house unoccupied, to wait 

 Dr Wright's arrival. But in the painful state of 

 uncertainty in which he found his affairs to be involv- 

 ed, he thought it best for the present to forego any se- 

 parate establishment, until he should be able to form 

 some definite resolution as to his future mode of life. 

 He continued to foster the hope, that such a favour- 

 able change might arise in the aspect of public affairs, 

 as would enable him, by realizing his West India in- 

 vestments, to accomplish a long cherished purpose of 

 purchasing some small estate in his native county. 

 In the mean while, he would not permit his brother's 

 family to return to the inferior accommodations of 

 their own residence, but proposed, until better times 

 should arrive, to reside with them in the new house, as 

 their friendly lodger. 



It was in the course of this visit that Dr Wright, 

 with his usual warmth of feeling, attached himself, 

 with paternal tenderness, to his nephew, James 

 Wright, the only son of his brother, a boy at that 

 time about eight years of age. He undertook to su- 

 perintend, as well as to defray the expence of, his edu- 

 cation — a duty which he discharged with exemplary 

 fidelity ; and thus, by a reciprocity of the most en. 



