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brave and noble nature, and his great daughter was 

 devotedly attached to him. He served in the British 

 Navy sixty-seven years, and was seventy-seven years 

 old when he died. 



For some years after her second marriage Mrs. 

 Somerville devoted herself to her family, to her 

 friends, and to the thousand and one duties and 

 pleasures which go to make up the life of a lady of 

 good position. She and her husband lived part of 

 the time in London, and partly in Scotland, paying 

 occasional visits to the Continent. They led a 

 very happy, cheerful life, and numbered amongst 

 their acquaintance some of the men and women of 

 the time best worth knowing, both in England and 

 abroad. 



Sir Walter Scott was an intimate friend of 

 the Somervilles, and a charming set of people met 

 for some time in the neighbourhood of Abbotsford, 

 Sir Walter's residence. Mrs. Somerville used in after 

 life to speak quite enthusiastically of the pleasant 

 supper-parties enjoyed at Abbotsford, when Scott 

 would be the life of the party, telling amusing stories 

 and ghost and witch legends. 



At these parties it was usual for one or two of 

 the guests to sing comic songs, and the others vied 

 with each other in the display of wit. When the 

 time came for the company to disperse, it was usual 

 for all present to rise and join hands round the table, 

 then Scott, taking the lead, they sang 



