530 HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



occupation being among the din and smoke of towns, we 

 do not the less respect the simplicity and contentment of 

 rural ' life. We delight in the sweet music of the plough- 

 boy's cheerful whistle, we dearly love the bleating of the 

 sheep, and the lowing of the kine, and our spirit is stirred 

 within us at the comely spectacle which is this evening 

 before us of the landlord and tenant, with one common 

 pursuit — the same interest — united thus together in free 

 and friendly communion — citizens and nobles, and brave 

 warriors who, at their country's call, have shared the 

 dangers of the tented field ; and on the other hand, an 

 admiring, a grateful, an intelligent, and independent 

 tenantry vieing in those arts of peace by which their own 

 comfort and happiness are augmented, and add largely to 

 the welfare of their country. 



