98 FIRST JOURNEY IN EUROPE. [1839, 
so I crossed the North Bridge, which is thrown not 
over a river but over a part of the town, into the old 
town, crossed High Street, passed the huge block 
of buildings occupied by the university, plain and 
heavy without, but the spacious court within very im- 
posing; and a few minutes’ walk brought me to Dr. 
Greville’s residence, which looks in front upon a large 
public square, and on the other the green fields 
extend up almost to the house, —a complete rus in 
urbe. Dr. Greville received me very kindly, and 
seemed well pleased to receive Dr. Torrey’s letter ; 
made many affectionate inquiries, and urged me to 
stay with him while I remained in town. I was pre- 
determined to decline all invitations of this kind in 
Edinburgh, but found I could give no reasons for 
doing so that would not seem strange. Dr. Gre- 
ville said he well knew I should be obliged to stay 
either with him or Dr. Graham,! who would never 
let me off ; so, as I thought Dr. Greville would prove 
the most useful and edifying acquaintance, I ac- 
cepted his invitation and promised to send my lug- 
gage sometime to-morrow. We set out to call on 
Professor Graham ; walked over into the New Town, 
the squares, rows, terraces, and crescents all very fine ; 
called at Professor G.’s, who was as usual out; left 
Dr. Torrey’s letter and my own card. Left to myself 
again, after promising to meet Dr. Greville at dinner 
at the house of a friend of his, I directed my steps to 
the Castle, which, crowning a high cliff much like that 
of Stirling, nearly or quite perpendicular except on 
one side, is visible from almost every part of the 
city. . . . Walked far away to Inverleith Terrace to 
rt Graham, a D., 1786-1845; professor of botany in the 
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