MEMOIR. 33 



Mr Graham continues : 



" I had never shot to any extent till I came here, but carry- 

 ing the gun was the constant, never-failing resource of all my 

 out-of-door hours, all the years of my stay in lona. Every rock 

 and every turning among its rugged cliffs and wave- worn caverns 

 were familiar to me, and had been the scene of some shooting 

 adventure either by sea or land. No wonder that I should have 

 such an affection for lona, where every stone has a story in it 

 for me." 



The family memoir here again takes up the thread of 

 life. 



This year (1854) Mr Graham left lona and married in 

 England. He then went out to Canada with his wife, where 

 they spent two years. During this time he made a number of 

 drawings of the birds and flowers of Canada, which, according to 

 his habit, he arranged with notes into scrap-books. He also made 

 a collection of Canadian sketches illustrative of life both in 

 Toronto and in the country of Upper Canada. 



After this he returned to Scotland, all his associations and 

 inclinations leading him to settle there. He lived on the coast 

 of Argyllshire for some years, and although no longer able to 

 devote himself to a sportsman's life, he delighted in sailing his 

 own small boat about Loch Fyne. He continued his interest in 

 archaeology and natural history, and made a number of drawings 

 and sketches of the neighbourhood. 1 



In 1866 Mr Graham went to live in the south of England 



1 Placed at the disposal of the Editor for use, but not taken advantage of, as 

 but few of them relate to lona. ED, 



