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great promise, a naval surgeon, who died young ; an<l 

 the brothers William and Andrew Little, the former of 

 whom settled down as a farmer in Eskdale, and the 

 latter, a surgeon, lost his eyesight when on service on the 







WESTERKIRK CHURCH AND SCHOOL. 

 [By Percival Skelton, after his original Drawing.] 



coast of Africa. Andrew Little afterwards established 

 himself as a teacher at Langholm, where he educated, 

 amongst others, General Sir Charles Pasley, Dr. Irving, 

 the Custodier of the Advocates' Library at Edinburgh, 

 and. others known to fame beyond the bounds of their 

 native valley. Well might Telford say, when an old 

 man, full of years and honours, on sitting down to 

 write his autobiography, "I still recollect with pride 

 and pleasure my native parish of Westerkirk, on the 

 banks of the Esk, where I was born." 



