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summer or autumnal months ; and, in the course of a few years, 

 there were few scenes, either in England or in Scotland, which 

 he had not visited, that were distinguished, either by natural 

 beauty, — by poetical celebration, — by the residence of eminent 

 men, — or by the occurrence of memorable transactions. In 

 such employments, to him (as to all who are capable of it) 

 there was something more than amusement ; and he never 

 returned from them, without feeling his taste improved, his ar- 

 dour in study animated by the memories of illustrious men, 

 and his love of his country increased, both by the monuments 

 of its former glory, and the appearances of its progressive 

 prosperity. 



In the year 1770, Mr Tytler was called to the Bar; and in 

 the spring of the succeeding year, he accompanied his friend 

 and relation Mr Kerr of Blackshiels on a tour to Paris, from 

 which they returned by Flanders and Holland. 



The year 1776 was marked by the most important as well 

 as the most fortunate event of his life, by his marriage to Miss 

 Anne Fraseh, eldest daughter of William Fraser, Esq. of 

 Balnain, — an union which had long been the object of his se- 

 cret wishes, — which now accomplished all the hopes he had 

 formed of domestic happiness, — and which, after the long pe- 

 riod of thirty-six years, unclouded almost by misfortune or dis- 

 tress, closed at last in more grateful and profound affection 

 than it at first began. 



At this period, when the business and the duties of life were 

 opening fully upon him, Mr Tytler seems to have made a 

 very deliberate estimate of the happiness that was suited to his 

 character, and to have marked out to himself, with a very firm 

 hand, the course he was afterwards to pursue. His profession 

 opened the road both to professional fame, and to civil distinc- 

 tion, and the circumstances of the times were of a kind to ani- 

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