BORN BLIND AND DEAF. 13 



that allowances will be made for my anxiety to obtain from 

 the enlightened Operators of the present times, an additional 

 contribution of evidence in confirmation of one of the most 

 beautiful, and, at the same time, one of the most important 

 theories of modern philosophy. 



Mr Wardrop afterwards enters into some circumstantial 

 and very pleasing details with respect to an incident alluded to 

 in a passage which I have already quoted from one of his let- 

 ters ; — the joy manifested by his patient when he was first 

 dressed in a suit of gaudy clothes. From this part of his me- 

 moir I shall only transcribe a few lines. " His partiality to 

 colours seemed to depend entirely on their comparative bril- 

 liancy. He in general liked objects that were white ; and still 

 more particularly those of a red colour. A white waistcoat or 

 white stockings pleased him exceedingly ; and he gave always 

 a decided preference to yellow gloves. One day I observed 

 him to take out of his pocket a bit of red sealing-wax, which 

 he had kept for the beauty of its colour 



A pair of green-glasses were given him, with a view of les- 

 sening the influence of the bright sun on the still irritable eye ; 

 and from them also he derived great pleasure. Indeed, when he 

 first put them on, he laughed aloud with delight," 



A few weeks after I had been favoured by Mr Wardrop 

 with his first communication on this subject, I learned, through 

 a different channel, that his patient had left London ; and, 

 as I had never happened to make any inquiries about 

 his connections, or the place of his nativity, I had abandoned 

 for many months all expectations of farther intelligence with 

 respect to him ; when he was most unexpectedly and agreeably 

 recalled to my recollection by a letter which I received last 

 week from Mr Professor Glennie, the very learned and worthy 



successor 



