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open air. c How clear the moon shines to- 

 night.' He said these words, sighed and lay 

 down. At six the next morning he was found 

 a corpse." His great grandson, in his eulogy of 

 him, says in concluding : " He was a passionate 

 admirer of Nature ; she was his mother, and he 

 was a dutiful child. While engaged on the 

 mountains, it was his greatest pleasure to view 

 the rising sun ; and every tranquil evening, as 

 it slided behind the hills, he blessed its depar- 

 ture. He was skilled in fossils and plants ; he 

 was a constant observer of the stars and winds ; 

 the atmosphere was his delight ; he made 

 many experiments on its nature and properties, 

 In summer he used to gather a multitude of 

 flies and insects, and by his entertaining descrip- 

 tions amuse and instruct his children." When 

 mentioning the epithets applied to him, humble 

 was one of them as well as wonderful, and it 

 was not the least remarkable of them. Here 

 is a mark of it. Though in priests' orders, and 

 though highly respected, he did not for several 

 years administer the Sacrament. A clergyman 

 from Broughton used to come three times a 

 year, we are told, for the purpose. 



AMICUS. Thank you for this account of a 



