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not for the love of pelf, though the Ishmaelites bought 

 him on speculation. But not for envy was the Suther- 

 land lad sold and shipped to a foreign land, but rather 

 for a contemptuous estimate of his money value. The 

 proprietor-patriarch of the county took to a more quiet 

 and profitable favorite the sheep, and sent it to 

 feed on a pasture enriched with the ashes of Joseph's 

 cottage. It is to be feared he meant only money ; 

 but Providence meant a blessing beyond the measure- 

 ment of money to the evicted; and what Providence 

 meant it made for him and his posterity, and they are 

 now enjoying it. 



Dunrobin Castle, the grand residence of the Duke of 

 Sutherland, looks off upon the sea at Grolspie. It is 

 truly a magnificent edifice, ranking with the first 

 palaces of Christendom. Nearly eight hundred years 

 has it been in building, though, I believe, all that 

 commands admiration for stature and style is the 

 work of the present century. Whatever the Suther- 

 land family may have been in local position and 

 history in past centuries, one of the noblest women 

 that ever ennobled the nobility of Great Britain, has 

 given the name a celebrity and an estimation in 

 America which all who ever wore it before never won 

 for it. The Duchess of Sutherland, the noble and large- 

 hearted sister of Lord Morpeth-Carlisle, has given to 



