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who adoi'i;ied his profession, not so much by a literary merit, of 

 which he possessed a considerable share, as by a consistent practice 

 of the most useful and excellent virtues. To do good was the ruling 

 passion of his heart ; in composing differences, in diffusing the 

 spirit of peace and friendship, in relieving the distressed, in pro- 

 moting the happiness of the widow and orphan, his zeal was almost 

 unexampled, his activity unmeasured, his success remarkable. It 

 is almost unnecessary to add that he lived with a most amiable 

 character, and died universally regretted." 



A somewhat curious circumstance is the following : — One of the 

 Eev. Mr. Macleod's daughters was married to Macleod of Berneray, 

 she being that gentleman's third wife. Berneray was at the date 

 of this third marriage seventy-five years of age, notwithstanding 

 which he became by this lady the father of nine children. He 

 lived a hale and hearty old man till he was upwards of ninety. 

 He was reckoned in his day a splendid specimen of the stalwart, 

 sterling, straight- forward, and chivalrous Highland gentleman, " all 

 of the olden, time." 



