82 MEMORIAL TRIBUTE 



admit no visitors after the hour of shutting ; for a like 

 reason, none before the regular hour of opening, and a 

 fortiori none on shut days ! Glasgow, however, must 

 not have the honour of dictating to Edinburgh ; and no 

 man ought to follow an evil example. 



In the afternoon I crossed the Clyde by one of the 

 bridges, walked out into the country, observed that oat 

 stooks are composed of twelve sheaves, wheat ones of 

 fourteen ; looked at everything, especially the ladies, 

 who were all desperately ugly ; recrossed the river, 

 counted the steamers, and seeing some persons un- 

 shipping a cargo of limestone, took a specimen ; traversed 

 the city, walked into the Exchange, which to my taste 

 is superior to any building in Edinburgh ; returned to 

 the Black Bull, took tea, read newspapers, and finally 

 arrived at my bedroom. 



On the way from Edinburgh to Glasgow I saw that 

 the whole district consists of the coal formation, singu- 

 larly broken up the greater part of the way by trap 

 rocks, which consist in general of a dark blue greenstone ! 

 Between Upton Hall and Bathgate these trap rocks 

 form remarkable hummocks or rounded prominences, 

 the examination of which would probably be interesting. 

 In the greater part of the route the walls are of green- 

 stone, as are most of the houses ; but towards Airdrie, 

 and from that to Glasgow, they are of sandstone of 

 various tints and textures, very seldom red, however. 

 In the city itself the houses are of sandstone, which is 

 generally very much inferior to that of Edinburgh in 

 colour and quality, but still sufficiently good. 



