CHAP. XVIII. ] Lesignation. 383 
he gave up that too. The last application he made was for 
an appointment as subéurator of the City Industrial Mu- 
seum of Glasgow, but he received no encouragement. 
After abandoning photography as a means of subsistence, 
he returned to his old trade. “As a last and only remain- 
ing resource,” he said, in June, 1875, “I betook myself to 
my old and time-honored friend—a friend of fifty years’ 
standing, who has never yet forsaken me, nor refused help 
to my body when weary, nor rest to my limbs when tired 
—my well-worn cobbler’s stool. Anp HERE I am sTILL on 
the old boards, doing what little I can, with the aid of my 
well-worn kit, to maintain myself and my family; with the 
certainty that instead of my getting the better of the lap- 
-stone and leather, they will very soon get the better of me. 
And although I am now like a beast tethered to his pastur- 
age, with a portion of my faculties somewhat impaired, I 
can still appreciate and admire as much as ever the beau- 
ties and wonders of nature, as exhibited in the incompara- 
ble works of our adorable Creator.” 
