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We stayed at Castlemount, now belonging to 

 Miss Paton, just opposite the ruined castle. Among 

 other visitors to St. Andrews known to my father 

 were Professors Tait and Crum Brown, who inveigled 

 him into making trial of the " Eoyal and Ancient " 

 game, which then, as now, was the staple resource 

 of the famous little city. I have a vivid recollection 

 of his being hopelessly bunkered three or four holes 

 from home, and can testify that he bore the moral 

 strain with more than usual calm as compared with 

 the generality of golfers. Indeed, despite his 

 naturally quick temper and his four years of naval 

 service at a time when, perhaps, the traditions of a 

 former generation had not wholly died out, he had a 

 special aversion to the use of expletives; and the 

 occasional appearance of a strong word in his letters 

 must be put down to a simply literary use which he 

 would have studiously avoided in conversation. A 

 curious physical result followed the vigour with 

 which he threw himself into the unwonted recreation. 

 For the last twenty years his only physical exercise 

 had been walking, and now his arms went black and 

 blue under the muscular strain, as if they had been 

 bruised. 



But the holiday was by no means spent entirely 

 in recreation. One week was devoted to the British 

 Association ; another to the examination of some 

 interesting fossils at Elgin ; while the last three 

 weeks were occupied in writing two long articles, 

 " Mr. Darwin's Critics," and the address entitled 



