88 MEMORIAL TRIBUTE 



100 feet, the highest eminence about 150. The highest 

 mountain of the range, forming the elevated ground of 

 the island, seems to be about 2000 feet high. I imagine 

 it to be composed of slate. To the next point the 

 rocks along the shore are of slate, probably clay slate. 



ANGEL INN, CASTLE STREET, 

 LIVERPOOL, Saturday. 



I left Glasgow by the " Ailsa Craig " steam-yacht at 

 half-past four on Thursday. At Greenock some goods 

 were to be taken in, and in the meantime I visited Dr. 

 Turner and my old friend his wife. The evening 

 passed right merrily on the Clyde, and at six in the 

 morning, when we emerged from our dormitories, we 

 found ourselves opposite Portpatrick. The sun shone 

 gloriously all day ; the sea was so smooth that it almost 

 resembled the face of a plate of glass. When we 

 reached the coast of Man, there was not a ripple on 

 it, a circumstance which the captain remarked he had 

 never seen before. The sun set gloriously, like a ball 

 of fire, and in due time we had a clear firmament 

 studded with stars. Jupiter blazed in the south-east, and 

 the moon rose red like a volcanic fire over the Lanca- 

 shire land, while the water, agitated by the paddles of 

 the vessel, flashed and sparkled with phosphoric light. 

 As we approached the mouth of the Mersey we passed 

 a multitude of vessels, and took on board a pilot. The 

 lights blazed over the smooth waters like meteors, and 

 by their guidance we arrived in one of the docks at one 

 this morning. At two I went to bed, and at six got up 



