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had him preserved by Fenton * in George Street, 

 Edinburgh. 



I took the road at five next morning, to be in time for 

 the Inverary steamboat, which left at seven ; but, even at 

 that early hour, poor Sandy, with his fragment of a hat 

 in his hand, was waiting at the "brae-fit" to wish me a 

 " gude journey." Having shaken him heartily by the 

 hand, I turned my back, for a time, upon these cherished 

 scenes of beauty, grandeur, and romance. 



* I consider Tommy Fenton the best artist in the kingdom, not 

 excepting Leadbeater of London. He comes from the Highlands, and, 

 having seen and studied the creatures in their native haunts, is unriv- 

 alled at " positions." 



